The government of Ghana has inaugurated the National Fertilizer Council and is set to construct a fertilizer production plant to promote local fertilizer production.
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture who performed the inauguration said although the government agricultural policies such as the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative relied heavily on fertilizer, there was no fertilizer manufacturing company in Ghana.
He said that challenge was the main motivating factor that led the government to initiate negotiation with a fertilizer manufacturing company in Morocco to set up a plant in Ghana to produce fertilizers.
Fertilizer plant
The plant project is set to cost US $2billion and would take up to four years to start producing fertilizers. He hinted that the Chairperson of the NFC, Nana Serwaa Bonsu Amoako, was part of the government negotiation team with the Moroccan fertilizer manufacturing company and believed she would work hard to make Ghana produce high-quality fertilizers.
Nana Amoako said the Council would review the Fertilizer Policy and Act to update them to meet current trends in the sector. Other members of the board were, Mr Eric Bentsil Quaye, Mr Seth Osei-Akoto, Dr Edward Yeboah, Mr Danquah Addo-Yobo, Mr John Awuku Dziwornu and Mr Ebenezer Appah-Sampong
