Veep joins fight against Army Worms

The Vice President, John Dramani Mahama is in the Ketu South district of the Volta region to assess the impact of the Army worm infestation in the area.

Farmers working under the Weta Irrigation Scheme in the District have suffered crop loss due to the infestation. Reports indicate that over seventy percent of the over 800 hectares of land has been destroyed by the worms.

Spokesperson for the Vice President John Jinapor told Citi News “he would be there to see for himself the state of the army worm infestation and the state of damage it has coursed and what we ‘re doing to tackle the problem and what government can do to ensure that we bring it under control.

“It’s an annual infestation and its affecting crops and ultimately this would affect the yield and the produce that we get from that part of the country.”**