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Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who double as the vice president and the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has unveiled a new plan to give cocoa growers’ children free higher education.
Speaking to the Jacobu chiefs and residents in honour of this year’s Farmers’ Day, Dr. Bawumia emphasized the vital role cocoa farmers play in Ghana’s economy and the government’s resolve to lessen these families’ financial burden by providing educational help.
He clarified that by fostering educational opportunities, the policy seeks to empower families and promote stability and economic mobility. If successful, the program will pay for qualifying students’ tuition and related expenses, enabling children of cocoa growers to follow their aspirations without worrying about money.
According to the vice president, Ghana now boasts the third-highest level of food security in Africa as a result of several interventions and significant investments made in the agriculture and fisheries sectors during the previous eight years.According to the vice president, Ghana now boasts the third-highest level of food security in Africa as a result of several interventions and significant investments made in the agriculture and fisheries sectors during the previous eight years.
“Our commitment to the growth of the agriculture sector has been unwavering, with many visible results. For instance, we have implemented the Planting for Food and Jobs programme,
“This government has raised the price of a bag of cocoa from Ghs475 in 2016 to Ghs3,000, unprecedented in our history. The Cocoa Rehabilitation programme, which saw the cutting down of diseased trees and the replanting of new crops and improved varieties has been very successful. As you know, plantain suckers were also planted for free to provide a livelihood and income to the farmers while the Cocoa grows,” he added.
Ghana now has the third-highest level of food security in Africa thanks to a number of interventions and significant investments made in the agriculture and fisheries sectors over the last eight years, according to the vice president.
