Date: Sep 20 , 2019 .BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
The Government has been urged to give the agricultural
co-operatives in the cereals, grains, vegetables, fruit trees, fish and meat
sectors the necessary priority in order for them to flourish.
Ms Gloria Ofori Boadu speaking at the forum
Date: Sep 20 , 2019 .BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
The Government has been urged to give the agricultural
co-operatives in the cereals, grains, vegetables, fruit trees, fish and meat
sectors the necessary priority in order for them to flourish.
According to
stakeholders in the Agricultural Co-operative space, the sector can complement
the planting for food and jobs programme if offered the needed support and
attention.Ghana Ghana Independence
According to
stakeholders in the Agricultural Co-operative space, the sector can complement
the planting for food and jobs programme if offered the needed support and
attention.
They said this at a forum held at Ashaiman in
the Greater Accra Region to discuss the development of viable agricultural
co-operative societies in Ghana
Employment
Currently, the
agricultural co-operative in Ghana forms about 70 per cent of the total
co-operative sector which has the potential to generate employment for millions
and also supply food and raw materials for both export and domestic
consumption.
However, most of the registered agricultural co-operative societies have been
in a state of dormancy for years, and this has been aggravated by low
productivity and under development of agricultural co-operative societies in Ghana
Advocacy
Speaking at the forum, Ms
Gloria Ofori Boadu reiterated the need to review the co-operative law passed in
1968 to be in tune with modern times.
She said apart from generating employment, a new law would also position
members to attract loans to expand their farms and take full advantage of the
many government policies, such as the planting for food and jobs and one
district one factory.
Ms Ofori Boadu stated
that in 2017 there was an attempt to make the cooperatives a totally nationally
controlled body through the promulgation of the National Co-operative Authority
Act.
Co-operative Authority
She, however, explained that establishing a co-operative authority would offend
the internationally accepted principles of co-operatives which demanded that
co-operatives must be voluntary, have open membership, democratic member
control, economic participation of members, autonomy, Independence
Regulator
The acting
Secretary-General of the Ghana Co-operative Council, Mr Albert Akwasi Boakye,
said the government must play a role of a regulator and not seek to make
co-operatives a part of government agency.
He posited that the
co-operative law in its present form did not meet the aspirations of the
development of co-operatives hence the need for a review.
The General Manager
AGRICOOPS, Mr Victor Atsu Alorbu, said in other parts of the world
co-operatives were doing very well as they contributed to national development
in the area of job creation, food security and community development.
According to
stakeholders in the Agricultural Co-operative space, the sector can complement
the planting for food and jobs programme if offered the needed support and
attention.
They said this at a forum held at Ashaiman in
the Greater Accra Region to discuss the development of viable agricultural
co-operative societies in Ghana
Employment
Currently, the
agricultural co-operative in Ghana forms about 70 per cent of the total
co-operative sector which has the potential to generate employment for millions
and also supply food and raw materials for both export and domestic
consumption.
However, most of the registered agricultural co-operative societies have been
in a state of dormancy for years, and this has been aggravated by low
productivity and under development of agricultural co-operative societies in Ghana
Advocacy
Speaking at the forum, Ms
Gloria Ofori Boadu reiterated the need to review the co-operative law passed in
1968 to be in tune with modern times.
She said apart from generating employment, a new law would also position
members to attract loans to expand their farms and take full advantage of the
many government policies, such as the planting for food and jobs and one
district one factory.
Ms Ofori Boadu stated
that in 2017 there was an attempt to make the cooperatives a totally nationally
controlled body through the promulgation of the National Co-operative Authority
Act.
Co-operative Authority
She, however, explained that establishing a co-operative authority would offend
the internationally accepted principles of co-operatives which demanded that
co-operatives must be voluntary, have open membership, democratic member
control, economic participation of members, autonomy, Independence
Regulator
The acting
Secretary-General of the Ghana Co-operative Council, Mr Albert Akwasi Boakye,
said the government must play a role of a regulator and not seek to make
co-operatives a part of government agency.
He posited that the
co-operative law in its present form did not meet the aspirations of the
development of co-operatives hence the need for a review.
The General Manager
AGRICOOPS, Mr Victor Atsu Alorbu, said in other parts of the world
co-operatives were doing very well as they contributed to national development
in the area of job creation, food security and community development.
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