Ban on employment affecting agric sector delivery
The Agriculture sector in the country will continue to decline if government fails to lift an embargo on employment in the public sector.
Government in 2010 put a ban on the recruitment of workers in the public sector as part of procedures to alleviate the weak economy.
The agricultural sector is one of the many areas that is challenged with adequate staff. The agriculture sector for more than five years now has not recruited extension officers to replace its retired officers.
The situation according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture in-charge of Annual Crops, Dr. Sagre Bambangi has immensely caused a decline in the sector “as expected over the past few years and it is partially because of these things.”
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The minister said this in Bongo during a working visit to the Upper East region.
Dr. Bambangi added that the ban on employment has also affected the fight against the armyworm invasion in the country. “When we started encountering this problem of fall armyworm, we realized that our extension officers were not adequately in place to be able to address this problem. So, definitely I will not run away from the fact that it has affected our performance”
By: Joshua Asaah|A1radioonline.com|Ghana
