JUST IN: I Made A Mistake On My Promise To You -John Mahama Openly Admits and Causes Stir -DETAILS
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that he would rather provide tractor services to farmers instead of giving them tractors.
He noted that during his tenure as President, he made a mistake of buying tractors for farmers instead of providing them dedicated tractor services.
He explained that getting someone who can maintain the tractors and provide tractor services will ensure a longer lifespan for the tractors than handing them over to the farmers, lamenting that tractors that were handed over to farmers broke than sooner than expected.
“We imported tractors and agricultural equipment, we gave them to farmers…The farmer does not need the tractor, he does not need the agricultural equipment, he needs the services of a tractor…So somebody who knows how to maintain that tractor must have a service centre, where he provides the services to the farmer,” he said.
“But we gave the tractors,” he continued, “to the farmers, in a year or two the tractor had broken down because he doesn’t know every six months you must change the engine oil, you must change the filters, you must grease the tractor, he doesn’t know that…So we will approach it differently,” he said.
During John Mahama’s tenure as President, hundreds of tractors were imported and handed over to farmers to improve agricultural output in country.
–MyNewsGh.Com–
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