The National Service Secretariat has supported the Free Senior High School programme with 5,000 bags of maize from one of the Scheme’s Farms.
The bags of maize were presented to the National Food Buffer Stock Company on March 19, 2019 by the Executive Director of the NSS, Mustapha Ussif.
Handing over the items, the NSS Boss reiterated the need for all Ghanaians to support the Free SHS policy initiated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Addo, hence the decision by NSS to be a partner to this all-important project.
He said, the NSS farms have been revamped to produce enough food to support the initiative.
“The Scheme upon my assumption of office as the Executive Director, revived all its farms, resourced it with the needed implements, machines and personnel with the technical know how to ensure the farms are back on track,” he said.
“Though we faced challenges with the attack of Army Worms on our farms, strategic practices were embarked upon and coupled with the support from the Ministry of Agriculture ensured we succeeded in fighting the Army Worms,” he added.
The Scheme, he explained, adopted the best farming practices and introduced technologies such as drone spraying to help boost yields in subsequent years to help revamp the farms entirely to recapture its lost glory.
According to the NSS Boss, the scheme intends to support the Free SHS program with 50,000 bags of maize in which 5,000 was delivered. The remaining 45,000 will soon be delivered to the National Food Buffer Stock Company warehouse.
Abdul-Wahab Hanan, CEO of National Food Buffer Stock Company in charge of food supplies to all public SHSs expressed his appreciation for the gesture and thanked the Scheme for its tremendous effort to help sustain the Free SHS Policy.
By: Kekeli Kuatsenu/awakenewsonline.com