John Mahama Promises To Set Up Special Agro-Processing Zone In Afram Plains
- The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, has promised to set up an agro-processing zone in Afram Plains
- He said the special zone would enable the economic development of the area and provide jobs for the community's teeming youth
- He also urged the indigenes not to vote skirt-and-blouse after a former NDC MP decided to run as an independent candidate
The National Democratic Congress flagbearer, John Mahama, has promised to turn the farming community of Afram Plains into a special agro-processing zone.
Addressing a durbar of chiefs, clergy, and indigenes at Sakora Park in Donkorkrom on Thursday, November 21, 2024, he stated that if he becomes president, his government will come and plead with the chiefs to release land for agricultural investors.
Source: UGC
The government would then ensure that the necessary support infrastructure, including water, electricity, and good roads, is in place to facilitate the development of 24-hour factories to process agroproducts in the area.
He said the initiative would address the high unemployment rate in the community.
John Mahama also stated that his government would establish farmers’ service centres in the Afram Plains to provide farmers with essential machinery for developing their farms.
This would support the farms that would eventually feed the factories.
He said two such centres will be established in the north and south of the Afram Plains.
Each centre will boast 15 tractors and will have all kinds of farming equipment available on demand for farmers.
He also noted that his government would register all the farmers in the community to target them for fertiliser distribution programmes and other agricultural interventions.
Don’t vote ‘skirt-and-blouse’ - Mahama
John Mahama also encouraged the people of Afram Plains not to vote skirt-and-blouse.
Voting skirt-and-blouse in local parlance refers to when a voter votes for a parliamentary candidate from one party and a presidential candidate from another party.
He said that the voting pattern would hamper his plans to develop Afram Plains.
He thus urged the electorate at Afram Plains to support the NDC candidate, Betty Mensah Krosby, in the parliamentary elections against an independent candidate, Kpeli Worlase, who has also endorsed John Mahama and was a former NDC MP for the area.
Reciprocate our commitment - Asiedu Nketiah
Meanwhile, in the Central Region, YEN.com.gh reported that the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress has fumed at residents for failing to support the party.
Johnson Asiedu Nketiah stated that the NDC had always been faithful to the region by placing an Indigenous person on the presidential ticket.
The party chairman claimed that the region, on the other hand, had failed to give the NDC its full electoral support despite the perceived commitment.
Proofread by Samuel Gitonga, Copy Editor at YEN.com.gh
Source: YEN.com.gh
