Showing posts with label Agriculture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agriculture. Show all posts

30 Aug 2015

President Mahama join Chiefs and People of Ziope to celebrate Agbleza

Torgbui Binah Lawluvi welcoming President Mahama to the festival grounds
Government is to relaunch the Youth in Agriculture programme, under the new Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in order to boost young people's interest in that sector.
According to President John Mahama, the relaunch has become necessary following the restructuring of the then Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA) into now Ghana Youth Employment Agency (YEA) backed by an Act of Parliament.
This, he said will ensure the equipping young people with the requisite skills, inputs and machinery to engage in large scale cultivation to meet the high market demand for agricultural produce.
Addressing the Chiefs and people of Ziope traditional area in the Agotime-Ziope district of the Volta region, during their annual Agbleza (farming festival) on Saturday, the President urged the youth in the area to take advantage of the programme to improve their livelihood.
Touching on the 200 community Senior  high schools promised by the NDC government, President Mahama disclosed that, work is currently progressing on 123 out the 200 across the country.