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Mesere wins Nzema East best farmer award

 

A 45-year-old farmer from Akango, Mr Koduku Mesere, has won the Nzema East Municipal best farmer award at this year’s regional Farmers Day held at Agona, a farming community in the district.

For his prize, Mr Koduku Mesere took home a motorbike donated by the Member of Parliament for Evalue-Gwira Constituency, Mr Kweku Tanikyi Kessie, and a 32-inch  television.

Other items included a bicycle, mattress, utensils, cutlasses, spraying machine, wellington boots and a certificate.

In all, 19 farmers and fishermen were presented with various awards for their excellent performance.

Mr Koduku Mesere thanked the government and the assembly for the award, and promised to work hard to increase his production.

Addressing the function, the Municipal Director of Agriculture, Mr Emmanuel Ofori Tei Teiko, announced that the municipality had been selected as one of the four  districts to participate in the Ghana Agricultural Production Data in the country.

The Chief of Agona, Nana Agona Miezah V, thanked the assembly for selecting the community for the programme.

He appealed for motorable roads to link Agona, Aguafo and Ewuku to ensure easy transportation of food produce to the market centres.

The Municipal Chief Executive, Mr James Atta Kakra Baidoe, congratulated the award winners for their hard work and commitment towards food production and security, and urged them to sustain it.

The Omanhene of the Nsein Traditional Area, Awulae Agyefi Kwame II, who chaired the function, appealed to the government to provide farmers and fishermen with the needed inputs and assistance to increase their output.  

Meanwhile, the Ankobra West Rural Bank Limited at Esiama donated a refrigerator worth GH¢1,300.00 to the Ellembelle District Assembly in support of this year’s Farmers Day celebration in the district. Presenting the donation on behalf of the chairman of the board of directors of the bank, Mr Mike Ezan at Nkroful, a director of the bank, Mr Moses Ramsey Arthur, said the bank recognised the importance of farmers and fishermen in feeding the nation, and, therefore, had to contribute its quota in support of the day.

The Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Mr Benjamin Alex Baidoo, said the bank was making  a tremendous  impact in its catchment area.

 

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