‎Dr Samuel Joe Acquah, the Head of the Central Laboratory of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) says Ghana' development remains back and forth due to lack of political will of successive governments.
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‎He said though the nation had good national policies and programmes, the failure of successive governments to implement those developmental programmes remained inimical to progressive and sustainable development.
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‎Speaking in an interview with Sompa FM in Sunyani, Dr Acquah regretted that "every political party comes to power with its own development manifesto in the detriment of those designed by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC)".
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‎Dr Acquah indicated that if well implemented, the One-District-One Factory (1D1F) programme of the previous government would prepare and position the nation well to advance her industrialization drive.
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‎Dr Samuel Joe Acquah, the Head of the Central Laboratory of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) has called on Ghana to pick lessons from Burkina Faso and provide direct support to farmers to advance the nation's food production and security.
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‎He said the nation required huge investments into farming, saying until the government provided direct support to farmers, farming in the country would remain unattractive and that would make it difficult for the nation to boost food productivity and security.
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‎Dr Acquah said "Ghana is touted as one of the best countries in Africa. However, the Ghanaian farmer down there doesn't have the support of our government.
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‎Burkina Faso is not doing anything special, just that the only thing they are doing and we aren't doing is that farmers there have the full support of their government", he stated.

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