The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has lauded an Accra Radio and TV Station, ‘Citi 97.3fm and Citi TV’ for the Buy ‘Ghana Rice Campaign’ initiative.
Writing on his ministry’s Facebook Timeline, Mr. OPPONG Nkrumah said, the Buy Ghana Rice Campaign, is a well intended initiative that has the potential to fuel agriculture growth agenda.
He and the Ministry of Information team therefore support the campaign.
He also called on other media houses to support the campaign across board.
The media he said, has the power to concentrate the national attention on a single positive subject to achieve results.
As part of activities marking the 15th anniversary of the establishment of one of Ghana’s leading English radio, the Managing Director of the company, Samuel Attah-Mensah, last week announced a new project to get Ghanaians to take up subsistence farming, and also consider it as a viable business that can empower them economically.
The project will include an on-air education on both Citi 97.3 FM and Citi TV, as well as knowledge sharing through the creation of synergies between research institutions, input suppliers, government agencies, individuals and off-takers.
The project, dubbed ‘Operation Feed Yourself’, is culled from the namesake famous agricultural program administered in Ghana under military general and head-of-state Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
The program was aimed at increasing levels of food crops produced in Ghana for domestic consumption.
