Mr Salifu Adam Braimah, Minister designate for the Savannah Region, answering questions when he appeared before the ACP
Mr Salifu Adam Braimah, Minister designate for the Savannah Region, answering questions when he appeared before the ACP

Third batch of ministers designate appear before ACP

Four ministers designate who make up the third batch of nominees for regional and deputy ministers were vetted yesterday by the Appointments Committee of Parliament (ACP).

They were the Minister-designate for the Savannah Region, Salifu Adam Braimah; deputy Minister-designate for Aviation, Yaw Afful; deputy Minister-designate for the Bono Region, Siaka Stevens, and deputy Minister-designate for Ahafo, Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere.

Mr Briamah, the first to appear, pledged to work very hard to enhance the peace and security of the region.

He said the Savannah Region was well endowed with natural resources and had a rich historical heritage that needed all to help turn them around for the benefit of all.

Shea butter

Answering a question from the Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, on what new things he would be bringing to the Savannah Region and whether he had any plans for shea butter farmers and the Buipe Shea Butter Factory, the minister-designate said farmers from the region were not benefitting from their produce.

He said shea butter farmers were always disadvantaged as there was no guaranteed price for the produce, unlike cocoa farmers who knew what they would be reaping from their sweat and toil and which motivated them to work harder to reap more benefits.

“Mr Chairman, when given the nod, I will work very hard with the COCOBOD, Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry to ensure a guaranteed price for shea butter to enable the farmers to reap some benefits,” he said.

According to him, the expectations of the people were many, judging from the jubilation that characterised the announcement of the new region and in view of that he planned to first bring governance closer to the people “and all hands must be on deck.”

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