Farmers numbering about 1,093 have received two bags of NPK Fertilizer, one bag of Nuria and hybrid maize seeds free of charge in the West Gonja Municipality.
These grant comes from the government in fulfilment of the Planting for Food and Jobs program.
Speaking to Spear FM at the distribution point at the Damongo Fertilizer Depot, the Municipal director of agriculture Alhaji Mumuni Ibrahim said the free fertilizer distribution is a grant from the government of Ghana to support farmers.
Alhaji Mumuni said farmers who are benefiting from the initiative are part of the first 200,000 farmers across the 261 MMDAs nationwide who registered through the Ghana Agric Platform with the support of agric extension officers.
According to him, there was no discrimination or manipulation of the system to suit a particular class of people.
(Cue Audio, Munmi Ibrahim)
The MCE for West Gonja Hon Karim Musah Kusubari who presented the Fertilizer on behave of government urged the people of West Gonja to take advantage of government initiatives such as the planting for food and jobs.
Hon. Musah Kusubari said government earmarked about 1.5 million farmers to benefit from the PFJ face 2.0 program through agrigators and the free distribution of fertilizers to farmers in order to encourage more people into farming.
(Cue Audio Musah Kusubari on Fertilizer)
