Otumfour Urges CBG To Help Grow The Agriculture Sector

The Asantehene, Otumfour Osei Tutu II has urged the leadership of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) to roll out innovative products with the main target of growing the agriculture sector as a strategic way of boosting the national economy.

He said as an indigenous bank wholly owned by government, it had a critical role to play in the growth of the sector which served as a source of livelihood for many Ghanaians and had been touted as the backbone of the economy over the years.

The King was worried that most banks were reluctant to support the sector which he believed had a huge potential if proper mechanisms were put in place in the form of long-term investments by financial institutions.

He was addressing the board and management of the bank at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi when they paid a courtesy call on him.