THE Northern Youth for Peace and Development (NYPD), a pressure group in Tamale, has commended the former Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Mahama Ayariga for his foresight in the establishment of an Agriculture Mechanisation Centre in Bawku.
According to the group, the provision of the tractor services at reduced prices in the north had made it possible for many poor farmers who could not afford the market rate to successfully plough their lands in the catchment area.
They indicated that while the prevailing market rate for the ploughing of one acre of land was about GH¢25, the tractors were doing so for farmers at GH¢12 without financial benefits to Mr Ayariga.
The General Secretary of the NYPD, Mohammed Abdul-Mumin who made the commendation at, a press conference in Tamale, therefore, appealed to the Appointments Committee of Parliament to fast-track the approval of Mr Ayariga as the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industries to bring his experience and expertise to bear on the fortunes of the ministry for the benefit of all.
“Obviously, the committee failed to establish to Ghanaians that Mr Ayariga is not competent to occupy that office. If the media speculations that all the frustrations that Mr Ayariga is going through has to do with MPs ex-gratia then God save Ghana. We urge Parliament to do the noble thing by honourably approving the nomination of Mr Ayariga,” the secretary stated.
He further indicated that the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), which is a constitutional body with the mandate of determining whether a public officer has abused his office or not, had already exonerated Mr Ayariga from any wrongdoing and, therefore, wondered why the Appointments Committee was still delaying in recommending him.
The secretary also described the various attacks on the character of Mr Ayariga by a section of the media and some political parties and interest groups in the country as most unfortunate.
Mr Abdul-Mumin expressed the preparedness of his group to embark on a peaceful demonstration in Tamale on March 1st next month in support of the approval and confirmation of Mr Ayariga as the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industries.
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