{"id":461528,"date":"2018-02-05T13:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T13:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/no-new-jobs-under-planting-for-food-and-job-inusah-fuseini-2\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T13:40:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T13:40:53","slug":"no-new-jobs-under-planting-for-food-and-job-inusah-fuseini-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/no-new-jobs-under-planting-for-food-and-job-inusah-fuseini-2\/","title":{"rendered":"No new jobs \u2018under planting for food and job\u2019 &#8211; Inusah Fuseini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Politics of Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/56976101.295.jpg\" alt=\"Inusah Fuseini Slerq2\" title=\"Inusah Fuseini Slerq2\" width=\"295\" height=\"204\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Inusah Fuseini, MP for Tamale Central<\/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\/2018\/02\/1517838053_118_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The National Democratic Congress ]NDC] Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has urged Ghanaians to disregard claims by the Ministry of Agriculture that over 700,000 jobs have been created under the government\u2019s  planting for food and jobs programme.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, extending services to already existing farmers cannot be considered as creating new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>His comments follows the Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Afriyie Akoto\u2019s announcement last week that 745,000 jobs had been created under the first phase of the programme with the caveat that the jobs were \u201cunofficial jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Minister explained to the media that, the jobs were created in rural areas, and were essentially not taxable, and did not contribute to pension funds following the earlier skepticism that met the announced figure.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Big Issue, Inusah Fuseini said he had not seen any strategic plan for the implantation yet, but the Minister is out there claiming provision of jobs that do not exist.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cAs I have said, I have not seen any strategic blueprint for the planting for food and jobs, they went and assisted farmers who are already in the field, they didn\u2019t create new farmers, all they did was extend facility to them, is that creation of new jobs?, \u201dhe said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, as long as the government cannot provide concrete evidence of people that have benefited from the planting for food and jobs project, there is still no solution to unemployment which is causing the youth to result to political vigilantism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe minister spoke about planting for food and jobs, can he give us evidence of people who were otherwise doing political vigilantism going to the farm?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond Inusah Fuseini\u2019s concerns, the General Agricultural Workers\u2019 Union (GAWU), also opined that government\u2019s estimate of 745,000 jobs provided under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme might be exaggerated.<\/p>\n<p>The Union\u2019s General Secretary, Edward Kareweh, contended that the figure provided by the government would have to be scrutinized.<\/p>\n<p>Lack of understanding<\/p>\n<p>Despite the contentions with the figures from government, a Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Sagre Bambangi, said those doubting the number of jobs created by the programme needed to acquaint themselves with the situation on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the skeptics \u201chave not been able to take time to appreciate the process involved in agricultural production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the course of agricultural production, we have input delivery, and in the course of the input delivery, a lot of stakeholders are involved and all these create jobs. For instance, if you are going to procure seeds and fertilizer, you are creating jobs for people who will haul the seeds and fertilizer. If you are going to haul the seeds and fertilizer, you are creating jobs for transport owners and haulers,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Planting for Food and Jobs\u2019 programme, which was launched in 2017,  is expected to modernize agriculture, improve production, achieve food security and make Ghana more self-sufficient, whilst creating jobs for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is expected to increase the production of maize by 30%, rice by 49%, soybean by 25% and sorghum by 28% for current production levels.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the policy is expected to cost the government about GHc 560 million.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe figures were based on the number of additional inputs as well as improved seeds and fertilizers supplied to participating farmers in 2017.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 62 updated by: 62 --><\/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>Politics of Monday, 5 February 2018 Source: citifmonline.com 2018-02-05 Inusah Fuseini, MP for Tamale Central The National Democratic Congress ]NDC] Member of Parliament for Tamale Central, Inusah Fuseini, has urged Ghanaians to disregard claims by the Ministry of Agriculture that over 700,000 jobs have been created under the government\u2019s planting for food and jobs programme. 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