{"id":443141,"date":"2017-12-02T21:11:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T21:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/adb-spent-over-ghc650000-on-farmers-day-celebration\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T21:11:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T21:11:11","slug":"adb-spent-over-ghc650000-on-farmers-day-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/adb-spent-over-ghc650000-on-farmers-day-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"ADB spent over GHC650,000 on farmers day celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20301747.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr John Kofi Mensah (R)\" title=\"Dr John Kofi Mensah (R)\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Managing Director (MD) of the ADB Bank, Dr John Kofi Mensah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512249071_363_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The farmers day celebration which awarded more than 17  farmers across the ten regions of Ghana, cost the nation over GH\u00a2650,000.<\/p>\n<p>This was revealed by the Agricultural Development Bank.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration which presented millions of dollars, series of equipment and saloon vehicles  and other cash prizes to hard working farmers cost the Agric Bank (ADB) millions of cedis, the Managing Director (MD) of the ADB Bank, Dr John Kofi Mensah, has revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration which brought thousands of farmers together across the nation\u2019s district and metropolis, was to encourage farmers to provide their best for the nation\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the National Farmers\u2019 Forum in Kumasi, Dr Kofi Mensah added that, \u201cthis year\u2019s farmers day celebration took over GH\u00a2650,000 from the agric bank purse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, boosting the agric sector was one of the bank\u2019s priority, thus spending such amount to support the nation.<\/p>\n<p>He further expressed that, for farmer\u2019s complaints and suggestions to be heard for prompt solutions, the Bank had instituted specialized desks at various branches of the bank to render support to farmers in any form.<\/p>\n<p>2017 farmer\u2019s day celebration awarded a fifty year old farmer from the Dormaa West District in the Brong Ahafo Region, Mr Philip Kwaku Agyeman agyekum, as the National Best Farmer with a cash prize of $100,000.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Saturday, 2 December 2017 Source: ghanacrusader.com 2017-12-02 Managing Director (MD) of the ADB Bank, Dr John Kofi Mensah The farmers day celebration which awarded more than 17 farmers across the ten regions of Ghana, cost the nation over GH\u00a2650,000. 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