Nana Addo Promises National Best Farmers' Children Scholarships

President Nana Akufo-Addo has promised that his government will award 24 scholarships to wards of the 2018 National Best Farmer award winners for local tertiary programmes ranging from first degree to PhD.

He said the scholarships were for the wards of the award winners to study any agricultural subject of their choice.

President Nana Addo added that, 'this is a further testimony of government's commitment to making agriculture attractive for all.'

President Nana Akufo-Addo announced this when he addressed the 34th National Farmers' Day in Tamale on Friday where a total of 72 farmers and fishers were rewarded for their contribution to national development.

The scholarship package was an addition to the various awards packages the award winning farmers received.

Mr Kingsley Agyemang, Registrar of the Scholarship Secretariat, who was also at the event, briefed journalists about the details of the scholarship package announced by the President saying, 'For a start, the government is investing a million Ghana Cedis into this scholarship drive for the wards of National Best Farmer Award Winners.'

Mr Agyemang said farmers needed a skills-set to improve their operations, hence the decision to award scholarships to their wards to study programmes in agricultural to help sustain their operations.

He said government was committed to sustaining these scholarships, adding, 'As we speak, the government has paid up to the end of this year so there are no scholarship arrears both locally and abroad.'

---GNA