The New Patriotic Party government has touted its achievement in the Cocoa sector boasting that the erstwhile Mahama administration comes nowhere close to its performance.
Address a press conference in Accra Monday, Communications Director of the party Yaw Buaben Asamoa said Cocoa growth and farmers of the cash crop suffered under the Mahama administration.
“The NPP government has performed far better than the Mahama-led administration. The previous NDC government cannot credit itself with one single policy or intervention within the cocoa industry that was introduced by them. This is because most of the interventions in the cocoa industry were first initiated and implemented by either the Kufuor government or this present government. At best, what they could do was to maintain some of our policies,” the Adenta MP said.
He warned Cocoa farmers not to be persuaded by the promises of the NDC.
“Our warning to cocoa farmers, their dependents, and all well-meaning Ghanaians is this: keep John Mahama’s hands away from your cocoa. He is the alternative and when it comes to the welfare and wellbeing of the Ghanaian farmer, John Mahama is dangerous. He does not know how to manage the economy. He does not know how to help the cocoa industry. He has no clue what the needs of the farmers are. To him, cocoa is just an avenue for corruption. Leaving the industry to suffer”.
He stressed: “He is the alternative and when it comes to the welfare and wellbeing of the Ghanaian farmer, John Mahama is dangerous. He does not know how to manage the economy. He does not know how to help the cocoa industry. He has no clue what the needs of the farmers are. To him, cocoa is just an avenue for corruption. Leaving the industry to suffer”.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh
