Importing rice to feed pupils unacceptable amid farmers' hardship - President Mahama

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Yaa 1 month ago

Mix it up.Serve the students one perfumed imported rice and three local rice per week. Monday is local, Wednesday is local, Friday is Foreign rice and Saturday evening local omo tuwo with nketiekwan

Mix it up.Serve the students one perfumed imported rice and three local rice per week. Monday is local, Wednesday is local, Friday is Foreign rice and Saturday evening local omo tuwo with nketiekwan
Fii 1 month ago

When NDC is in power they try to minimize importation but NPP always increases it because of their selfish interest

When NDC is in power they try to minimize importation but NPP always increases it because of their selfish interest
MUPPETRY 1 month ago

Nkwasiasem probably maxxx from another hollow cylinder who should not be allowed to comment on social media anymore!

Nkwasiasem probably maxxx from another hollow cylinder who should not be allowed to comment on social media anymore!
Paa kwesi 1 month ago

Stop providing rice import licenses and problem will be solved.

Stop providing rice import licenses and problem will be solved.
The Truth 1 month ago

Exactly!!!

Exactly!!!
Mr. Smith 1 month ago

JM is taking the bull by the tail instead of the horns. Try and copy Trump's bold decisions even though might sound too rough. Total ban to help local output like Nigeria closing borders for some time. Total ban on imported p ...
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JM is taking the bull by the tail instead of the horns. Try and copy Trump's bold decisions even though might sound too rough. Total ban to help local output like Nigeria closing borders for some time. Total ban on imported poultry products to push your nkoko nkitnkiti initiative. Protecting the business interests of party people who are into importation of rice, poultry and sugar. That's the main reason why the Komenda Sugar Factory is still sleeping. The vice president who comes from Komenda cannot bark, much more bite. Too much of obeying instructions from the IMF and World Bank. Be your own man and direct your country in the right path.
True Ghanaian 1 month ago

Myopic take. U must be a big player in the world economy to be able to do import restrictions. Nigeria has a population of 200m and can do what they want bcos it's a huge market. Retaliation will have minimal effect in Nigeri ...
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Myopic take. U must be a big player in the world economy to be able to do import restrictions. Nigeria has a population of 200m and can do what they want bcos it's a huge market. Retaliation will have minimal effect in Nigeria. Ghana can't try that. We are small and it will backfire spectacularly.
Settings 1 month ago

Your directives are not potent. You’ll renege on them mr. Indecisive. You say this today and another tomorrow.

Your directives are not potent. You’ll renege on them mr. Indecisive. You say this today and another tomorrow.
STOP THE IMPORTATION OF RICE,MAHAMA Ghanani 1 month ago

Mahama just ban the importation of rixe into the country. If Ghanaians will not eat locally produced rice thay can go to hell. We have a huge stock of locally produced rice lying unsold and rice is being imported into the cou ...
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Mahama just ban the importation of rixe into the country. If Ghanaians will not eat locally produced rice thay can go to hell. We have a huge stock of locally produced rice lying unsold and rice is being imported into the country.. How can the nation progress with such an unpatriotic attitude?
Mr. Smith 1 month ago

How many of us have heard of the Chinese who exports local rice to China and sells it to the most expensive restaurants and hotels in China. Any frequent visitor to the Tema port can do some checks or ask the GRA officers in ...
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How many of us have heard of the Chinese who exports local rice to China and sells it to the most expensive restaurants and hotels in China. Any frequent visitor to the Tema port can do some checks or ask the GRA officers in charge of exports and they will confirm it. We always push the foreigner to succeed and watch ours collapse. And we claim we have leaders who need our votes every four years.

Kwame Peter 1 month ago

Who is the President complaining to,is he not the one in charge? Or is he in campaign mode like most of his appointees? It requires leadership,steadfastness,integrity and thinking around the box to fix the rice importation n ...
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Who is the President complaining to,is he not the one in charge? Or is he in campaign mode like most of his appointees? It requires leadership,steadfastness,integrity and thinking around the box to fix the rice importation nonsense which is nothing short
of economic sabotage aided and abetted by corruption and incompetence by those in charge to wit Agric,Trade and Finance Ministries.
Let me tell the President what he can do;
1.Task the Chief of Staff to form a Committee of experts from Agric,Trade and Finance to oversee this project.
2.Import paddy rice processing plants for all rice growing areas in Ghana,
3.Finance to Buffer Stock Company to offtake all the processed rice and other grains,
Direct all FSHS to buy their rice and other grains from Buffer Stock Company,

4.All these must be done alongside incentives to local rice dealers and tariffs increases on rice imports to boost the local rice trade.
Mr. Smith 1 month ago

Kwame Peter, nice one but let's ask the president WHO are those importing the rice? Is it not members of the political class which he belongs to?

Kwame Peter, nice one but let's ask the president WHO are those importing the rice? Is it not members of the political class which he belongs to?
Kwes 1 month ago

This directive should be backed by law

This directive should be backed by law
ONLY1GHANA 1 month ago

JOHN MAHAMA talk is cheap! Action speaks louder than words so show us your real intentions! The talking is becoming too much!

JOHN MAHAMA talk is cheap! Action speaks louder than words so show us your real intentions! The talking is becoming too much!
THIS IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE -Kwabena Ohemeng,london 1 month ago

The problem with african leaders is their inability to take the biiter but right decisions to correct social and economic ills plaguing their countries. The rice importation issue raised by Mahama is a typical example. Mahama ...
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The problem with african leaders is their inability to take the biiter but right decisions to correct social and economic ills plaguing their countries. The rice importation issue raised by Mahama is a typical example. Mahama has rightly identified this problem but has not got the gut to solve it. He is afraid to ban the importation of rice into the country which is the most appropriate decision for him to take. He should consider the banning of rice farming in Ghana then.
Tsotsoo 1 month ago

Mr President importing rice to feed ourselves if can produce equally good rice is unacceptable. Nigeria does not import rice, they eat what they grow, to the best of my knowledge. Any imported rice on their market was smuggle ...
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Mr President importing rice to feed ourselves if can produce equally good rice is unacceptable. Nigeria does not import rice, they eat what they grow, to the best of my knowledge. Any imported rice on their market was smuggled into the country.
Kwabena 1 month ago

Put high import duty on those locally produced items.

Put high import duty on those locally produced items.
Free Radical 1 month ago

Frankly speaking Mahama will never stop amazing me.Folks both Mahama and his brother abandoned local farmers products to import rice and beans and corn from foreign countries to share to deceive voters in Volta when waves dev ...
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Frankly speaking Mahama will never stop amazing me.Folks both Mahama and his brother abandoned local farmers products to import rice and beans and corn from foreign countries to share to deceive voters in Volta when waves devastate Keta and when the Volta river floods surrounding areas.Mahama you are not fooling us but yourself.
Agbeli Kumordziì 1 month ago

Banned rice import and other agriculture products

Banned rice import and other agriculture products

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