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– John Mahama described as pure malice the decision of President Nana Akufo-Addo to stop providing free fertilizer to cocoa farmers
– He spoke during an interaction with cocoa farmers in Aowin Township, in the North West Region
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Former President John Dramani Mahama said he regretted the plight of cocoa farmers under the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) regime.
According to him, President Akufo-Addo is wrong to stop providing free fertilizer to cocoa farmers and to let the fertilizers expire instead.
He said that the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) government had implemented good policies for cocoa farmers, but that the current government had undone all that.
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Mahama made this statement during an interaction with cocoa farmers and Enchi residents of Aowin district, in the North West region.
"I am very sad for our cocoa farmers. We had good plans and started to implement good policies for the cocoa sector," he said.
According to him, cocoa farmers had better annual yields when fertilizers were made free.
He wondered why the Akufo-Addo government would end such an initiative and instead sell fertilizer to cocoa farmers.
"When we started distributing free fertilizer, we realized that it would help improve yields. For the 2016/17 crop year, we recorded 950,000 tonnes … Farmers.
"In fact, it's a bad thing to leave fertilizers in warehouses because farmers can not buy them and will not buy them and discard them after they expire., He criticized.
The NDC's flag bearer is currently on a two-day tour of the North West region as he continues to campaign for the 2020 elections.
Mahama badured that the NDC would implement citizen-friendly policies and initiatives when the party returns to power.
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He added that all the Akufo-Addo government projects in the Enchi and Aowin constituencies will be resumed and new projects will be added when he wins the 2020 elections.
"The road between Elubo and Enchi was under contract and we entrusted it to two contractors so that they could be completed sooner. They should have been finished now, but thanks to the NPP, the road is worse now than when we started working on it,Mahama added.
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