Bantama: Asenso-Boakye supports poultry farmer GH¢5,000
The Member of Parliament for Bantama and Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye has extended financial support to a young woman in his constituency who has started poultry farming on a small scale.
The young and fresh entrepreneur who hitherto worked as a teacher in a private school in Kumasi, is happy that she now has an amount of money that can help her expand her poultry farm to do a real farming business.
Ms Elizabeth Boakye says the monthly salary she earned as a private school teacher could not enable her to cater well for her children, hence, her venturing into the poultry farm business.
The former teacher is very hopeful that pushing the GH¢5,000 she received from her MP into her agricultural business would help her maximise profit and be able to better cater for her wards and herself.
She expressed her gratitude to Francis Asenso-Boakye for the kind gesture.
”I am dumbfounded…I called Chief (MP) late in the night and appealed to him for financial support to expand a small poultry farm I had started, and shockingly he asked me to come to his office the following day, I came, and he gave me the exact amount I needed. I am so happy. May God bless him and give him a long life. Now, I know I can do better poultry business and be able to cater for my children and myself”, Elizabeth stated.
Mr Asenso-Boakye disclosed that he was moved by the fact that a woman was expressing interest in agribusiness, at a time when the Nana Akufo-Addo government is making efforts to attract more youth to the agriculture sector.
He advised Madam Elizabeth Boakye to use the money for the purpose which it was given for. He further advised her to work hard to expand her business with the money received so he would be able to employ some other youth in the business in the days ahead.
The lawmaker noted that several of such support has been given to the youth in the Bantama constituency to boost their businesses.
”Some youth in shoe making, hairdressing, fashion design and other private businesses have benefitted similar support from my office. I will continue to support my people as long as I get the means”, Mr. Asenso-Boakye pledged.
Source: Ghana News
