A former Member of Parliament for the opposition National Democratic Congress in the Ejura/Sekyedumase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Alhaji Issifu Pangabu Mohammed, has blasted members of his party for criticizing the government's flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme.
Describing the attitude of some of the members of his party as “unpatriotic”, the former NDC legislator says the time has come for the party to swallow their pride and embrace the programme because it's by far the best social policy to be introduced by any government since independence.
"What I want to tell my people is that they should see some calls as a national one. We must not play politics with everything. The Planting for Food and Jobs programme is a national call and I want my party members to embrace it," he pleaded.
The former MP, who made the call when the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto paid a working visit to his farms at Ejura, said it saddens his heart that despite the glaring evidence of successes some members of his party still continue to oppose the programme.
"Look here my brother, since this government introduced the PFJ programme, I have seen several members of the NDC in this constituency who have benefited from the supply of the inputs. So I don't understand why my party continues to speak against it," he wondered.
Adding that, "I bought my first Land Cruiser through PFJ programme."
The NDC MP has stated that as a farmer and a beneficiary of the PFJ initiative, he managed for the first time to purchase a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser for his personal use.
He said after recording bumper harvest of maize and soybean through the programme, he recorded huge profit for which reason he was able to buy a brand new car for his comfort.
"Can you believe that as a farmer I was able to purchase a brand new land cruiser because of this programme? Why should people oppose it, it's very good and I want everyone to be part," he said.
The NDC MP is also one of the local seed producers who were awarded a contract to produce and supply seeds under the PFJ programme.
He is currently doing 500 acres of maize at Ejura and Amanten. He is also sponsoring 150 out-growers who are cultivating between 20-30 acres.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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EII MR ***barred word***. DONT ADD TO OUR FRUSTRATION THINGS ARE HARD. WE THE FLOTING VOTERS DONT UNDERSTAND THIS MATHEMATICS NPP IS SAYING THAT NDC LEFT DEBT NPP SAID THEY ARE PAYING THE DEBT BUT OUR DEBT IS STILL GOING UP TO ADD 50 BILLION. POLITICIANS ARE NOT TRUST WORTHY WE THE FOLLOWERS TOO SHOULD KNOW THAT THE IS JUDGEMENT FROM GOD AWAIT US. PRESIDENT THINGS ARE BECOMING HARDER. GAS, FUEL, TRANSPORT FAIR, RENT, DOLLAR, FOOD STUFF HAVE ALL GONE UP. PLS WHAT OF WE THAT DONT BENEFIT FROM FREE SHS WE SHOULD BE GIVEN OUR SHARE OF THE MONEY
VA.GINA SCAMMED, I feel pity for you. It will be better for you to stop the armed robbery and listen to this man,than trying to ridicule him aa usually of the ndc. Ndc is not a serious party and I'm not surprised lazy people turn to join them. You prefer your armed robbery to PFJ, and what about if you are arrested,your whole life will be us*less and that's ndc for you! NPP well done for making an ndc mp rich in your time through your good policies, from the horses own mouth ,he's been able to buy his own brand new V8 so he believe's in the teach a child how to fish than giving him fish that's ndc for you. NPP will teach serious Ghanaians how to fish to earn their own living and buy whatever they want than giving them fish, V8s and mansions with Ghana's money. The truth hurts ! ndc will come after you fir their dying political nons*ense. I'm really happy today that an ndc mp has benefited from NPP policy and some of their footsoldiers are also going to benefit from NABCO ! so when you bad mouth and denigrate these good people and their good policies that are helping Ghanaians then God has nothing to say than to curse that party to always make their rantings nons*ense in the ears of the electorates and make that evil party in Ghana stay in opposition forever.
PANGABU IN DAGBANI MEANS VA.GINA SCAMMED. NO WONDER THIS MAN IS CONFUSED. PANGABU! GOOD LUCK
This is truly evidence base testimony,reality will catch them up.Well said hon.NO more propagada
People are out in the field working and making an impact, whilst the shallow-minded incompetent ones are organising pointless press conferences and attacking government for "failing". Even when there is a flood, instead of going out to help save lives, they are organising press conferences. We are just 2 years in, by the 4th year, those !mbecile$ will realise that they had been beating a dead horse (or goat) all along.
Good talk and gesture but just wait for the bullls in the party to spark their insulting engine. I also expect some NPP members to speak against some of the policies they have introduced. For example, I have been working in Tema port for the past 14years.....this time is supposed to be the peak period when you should have a lot of vessels calling but as at yesterday the port was as dry as desert. This is because GPHA or government have introduced huge taxes on the vessels so they conveniently find the ways to nearby Togo to offload their cargo. I believe in taxation but it has gotten to crazy heights in the port.
KUDOS HONORABLE U R AN EXCEPTIONAL POLITICIAN, STATESMAN AND A TRUE GHANAIAN WHO WANTS TO SEE GHANA DEVELOP, WE NEED MORE LEVEL HEADED POLITICIANS LIKE U
GOOD ADVICE HONOURABLE, YOU HAVE REALLY SHOWN THAT YOU ARE A GOOD CITIZEN AND THAT YOU DONT DO POLITICS COS OF YR STOMACH. GOD BLESS YOU. IF WE CAN GET ABOUT 10 MPS OF YOUR TYPE IN NDC GHANA WILL TRIUMPH. SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES IN NDC LIKE SAMSON AHI, AKANDOH, SUNYINI, ABLAKWA, SAM GEORGE AND OTHERS ARE IN POLICIES COS OF THEIR STOMACHS. THEY HV ALLOWED THIS TO BLIND THEM AND THEY CAN RECOGNISE ANYTHING GOOD.IT IS VERY SAD.GHANA IS FOR ALL OF US SO IF A PARTY COMES AND IT IS PERFORMING WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND APPLAUSE IT RATHER THAN PRETEND WE HV SEEN NOTHING OR HEARD NOTHING, HONOUUBLE ONE AGAIN GOD BLES YOU FOR BEING SINCERE.
Ghanaians should support the government to succeed, at the end of the day is Ghana not the president. You have rich land why should you go hungry? The wicked ones want to destroy the land just for today. Galamsay is very bad environmental practice. Thanks to the president for banning the galamsay.
You are true son of mother Ghana. God bless you to continue to tell the truth to your blind ndc members who opposed progress made by their opponents. Mahama will continue to lose any elections he will take part in Ghana if he didn't recognise the good work of nana addo government and praise him.