{"id":1253528,"date":"2022-11-18T15:27:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/18\/mahamas-aide-takes-on-agric-minister-over-sale-of-plantain-at-agric-ministry\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T15:27:31","slug":"mahamas-aide-takes-on-agric-minister-over-sale-of-plantain-at-agric-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/18\/mahamas-aide-takes-on-agric-minister-over-sale-of-plantain-at-agric-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama&#8217;s aide takes on Agric Minister over sale of plantain at Agric Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/62656819-Copy-696x424.jpg\"   alt=\"Former Deputy Minister of Transport, Joyce Bawa Mogtari\" title=\"Joyce Bawah Mogtari\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Deputy Minister of Transport, Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>An aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogatri, has described moves by the Agric Minister to sell foodstuff at its premises to control prices as a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, it is unbelievable, the \u201cincompetent Minister for Agriculture actually went ahead to sell plantains in the ministry\u201d while quizzing if plantain is the only food item Ghanaians eat.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, she said should this be a standard of measuring the performance of the Agric Minister, then all farmers will qualify to be Agric Ministers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>As part of the efforts to control prices of foodstuff, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture began selling foodstuff within its premises to serve people in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The product is brought from the farms to the ministry and sold to consumers at a cheaper price.<\/p>\n<p>However, when the project commenced, plantain was the only item at the venue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out her post:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FJoyceMogtari%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0yB7i78W58J48kvpFXAd8ENvXJjcgbP4n1xkXFNLxy9TnLQfDaCTDH8VzhAWbtzB8l&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"D9HwNyfMC4Q\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom News Gets Results: Philanthropist renovates Hwidiem Basic and Methodist school (17-11-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D9HwNyfMC4Q?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Deputy Minister of Transport, Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari An aide to former President John Dramani Mahama, Joyce Bawah Mogatri, has described moves by the Agric Minister to sell foodstuff at its premises to control prices as a disaster. 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