Betty Krosbi Mensah
Betty Nana Efua Krosbi Mensah, is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament for Afram Plains North constituency in the Eastern region of Ghana. She is a member of the National Democratic Congress.
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[edit]- I am determined to do things differently, using my platform as a member of parliament to bring the necessary development to reduce the challenges facing my people .
- the government should stamp its authority by “clearing” all political actors associated with the sale of premix fuel to save the industry.
- I call it a trade that has been passed on from generation to generation… fishing is not taught in a basic school or the university. They must find a way to pass the trade to their children .
- I expert some actions to be taken so that people will learn from some of these lessons. It shouldn't be left with that I have spoken about it and that's it. I am happy that the international media is really going into a subject that has been bothering me for years.
- If there’s a need for us to have a critical look at this Children's Act and then Trafficking Act to see if there's a need for us to do some sort of amendment to ensure that at the end of the day, the ordinary Ghanaian or the Ghanaian children are protected, then it must be done .
- A well-planned policy direction and a deliberate investment plan in crops that Ghana has competitive advantage in could reduce the importation of all kinds of food items including tomatoes and rice to save the country foreign exchange.
- It's been difficult transporting the farm produce to the various market centres. It's difficult using just the lake, pontoon or the roads because they are in bad shape.
- In the end, we are unable to service many people as we would have wished. We have the lands and all that it takes to farm. Beyond the farm, the area supplies most of the dry fishes in the Ghanaian market especially to the Adabraka market.
- The business has been subletted to political figures who manipulate the system, to the extent that some fish farmers are denied access because of their political affiliation.
The continuous increases in price would affect productivity and thereby stall fish supply to the markets.
- I appeal to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and by extension the government to take a second look at the agric sector and redirect its energies towards the Afram Plains because it is blessed with good land and water bodies to promote food, cash crops as well as fishes for both local consumption and for export.
