FACT CHECK: There is Fertilizer Shortage in Ghana
The Akufo Addo government is advicing farmers to use chicken poopoo as fertiliser while it pays Zoomlion to supply manure or organic fertiliser
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The Akufo-Addo government owes Fertiliser suppliers since 2020.
None of the fertiliser suppliers were paid in 2021, so they have refused to supply any fertiliser in 2022.
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The Akufo-Addo government is blaming the recent Russia-Ukraine war for fertiliser shortage.
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The Akufo Addo government is advicing farmers to use chicken poopoo as fertiliser while it pays Zoomlion to supply manure or organic fertiliser from compost plants…#ParliamentaryProbe
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The acute food shortage and the rise in inflation driven by the over 22% food inflation and over 27% fuel price inflation.
The depreciation of the Cedi, the country’s unsustainable debt situation and hardship brought on by a collapsed economy makes the plight of the Ghanaian dire even without E-LEVY.
Food shortage will adversely affect the School Feeding Programme and the cost of the Free SHS.
STAY TUNED.
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