The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has served a stern warning to employees under his ministry against any attempt to sabotage his work with partisan politics.
The Minister gave the warning at a meeting with staff of various directorates, as part of his tour of departments and agencies under the ministry on Monday, January 27, 2025.
“The politics is over. You may belong to whichever party. At the end of the day, we’re talking about Ghana and how to govern our country. So let us hang our political jackets and mobilise all that we have.” He cautioned.
He further warned that “if you’re still in the political mood and you think everything is about politics, then you become an obstacle. And every obstacle must be cleared. You can’t say because you do not belong to this party, you want to work to sabotage government. I will not entertain that.”
Eric Opoku has called on the staff to support government to succeed in improving agriculture in the country.
The Agric Minister, Eric Opoku, in the company of the Chief Director, Paul Siameh, is on a working tour to the various departments and agencies under the ministry, to interact with staff and acquiant himself with various challenges in the sector.
He made his first stop at the Plant Protection Regulatory Services Directorate at Pokuase, where he promises to leverage on the expertise of the Directorate to improve plant yield, and cut down on importation of produce such as onion and tomatoes from neighbouring countries.
He is currently interacting with staff of the Statistics Research and Information Directorate – SRID, the Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services – DAES, and the Human Resource Directorate at Ghana House in Accra.
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