Fertiliser will be in abundance in Ahafo — Regional Minister
Political Desk Report
The Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr George Boakye, has said the Integrated Recycling and Composting Plant (IRECOP) being constructed in the region by Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) will provide enough fertiliser for the region.
He said the siting of the project in the region, being a food basket of the country, would make it a hub of fertiliser production and by extension massive food production.
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The regional minister made the statement last Friday at Goaso in the Ahafo Region when the Parliamentary Select Committees on Local Government, Science, Environment and Technology, Finance and Works and Housing, who were on a working visit to inspect works on the IRECOP project, paid a courtesy call on him at the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC).
Reliance
“Ahafo is a farming community and we rely on Accra and Kumasi for fertiliser, but with this project, fertiliser will be in abundance to help food production in the region,” Mr Boakye emphas