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Policy of Saturday, April 27, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-27
Lucy Animwaa Anin, CPP Executive Member
A member of the Convention People's Party (CPP) congratulated the government for keeping Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah's vision of using agriculture to boost exports and development.
Ms. Lucy Animwaa Anin, PCP Executive Member, said that it was nice to be alive to see Dr. Nkrumah's vision, as Ghana's first president, be re-examined by the current government through the Planting for Export and Rural Development Program (PERD) A few days ago.
Ms. Anin, a former member of Bechem's parliament, said that Dr. Nkrumah's government introduced the planting of sugar palms and rubber on state farms through the Workers' Brigade, which provided a job for many young people of the time.
"If the previous presidents had taken into account the vision of the country's first president, job creation would have been widespread and unemployment would not exist".
She added that, under Dr Nkrumah's administration, the country was embarking on mbadive palm plantations on state farms, which allowed Ghana to have the privilege of teaching Malaysia technical skills. of planting palm trees and giving this country seedlings start to grow.
Ms. Anin said the project had been abandoned by successive governments and that it would be a great relief for Osagyefo's soul, Dr. Nkrumah, who would live up to his vision and accumulate currency for the future. country.
"Nkrumah never dies because her vision of Ghana, Africa and the world will live," she said.
The government is seeking to use the PERD program to promote the development of some export tree crops, including cashew, coffee, oil palm, coconut, mango and rubber.
Ms. Anin is the only surviving and youngest member of the top 10 women MPs under the CPP administration.
She entered the Parliament at age 22 and represented the Brong Ahafo region.
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