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01.05.2016 Social News

Minister pledges support to youth in agriculture

By GNA
Minister pledges support to youth in agriculture
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Koforidua, May 1, GNA - Madam Mavis Ama Frimpong, the Eastern Regional Minister, said the Government was ready to support the youth in agriculture in the Eastern Region.

She said agriculture, in all aspects, would be given the needed attention because it was one of the major keys to the successful growth of the economy.

Madam Frimpong gave the assurance when she presented farm produce and other items donated by the Seventh Day Sabbath Church of Christ (Shalom) to marginalised societal groups in various towns in Koforidua.

The groups include widows, physically challenged and orphans. The donation is an annual programmme by the church, with this year's being the 17th.

The items distributed to the 1,500 people include maize and rice, clothes, soap, slippers and wheel chairs valued at about 150,000 Ghana cedis.

Madam Frimpong said the government was considering to upgrade the fund set aside from the Common Fund for People with Disability (PWD) to improve their living standards.

Apostle Ephraim Kwaku Danso, the General Overseer of the Church, told the Ghana News Agency that the church was founded in September, 1986 and had 35 branches across the country.

He said the church aimed at instilling the gospel in its members and also helping the needy.

Mr Charles Oppong, a physically challenged person, who chaired the function, appealed to architects and developers to make modern buildings disability-friendly.

He called on the Government to consider reducing the school fees paid by PWDs at the secondary and tertiary levels in order not to become a hindrance to their education.

GNA

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