A MECHANISATION Service Centre (MSC) is to be established at Chereponi to boost farming activities in the area.
Under the initiative, farmers who wish to use equipment such as tractors to enhance their farming activities but cannot afford it due to financial constraints and the huge cost involved in acquiring them, would be supported.
Already, the Chereponi District Assembly has taken delivery of five Mahindra 605 Di tractors with other implements valued at GH¢90,000 to support the MSC programme in the district.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Alhaji Mohammed Issah Abah, made this known at the first ordinary meeting of the assembly at Chereponi.
According to him, the assembly had made an initial payment of GH¢45,000 and that the balance would be paid over a one-year period.
“It is heart-warming to note that the government’s desire to make this nation food sufficient through the block farming concept has been extended to this district,” Alhaji Abah stated.
He, therefore, advised the youth to take advantage of the interventions by the government to go into farming.
The DCE further stated that the government was providing two wells at Wenchiki and Adali to boost dry season farming, particularly in the area of livestock farming.
The Presiding Member (PM), Mr Emmanuel Kandoh, entreated the government to help address the numerous development challenges facing the district.
He said as the rainy season was approaching, there was the need to sensitise communities in flood-prone areas to move upstream to avoid disasters during torrential rains.
The presiding member urged residents of the area to sleep in well-ventilated rooms to avoid being infected by the Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.
A Member of the Council of State, Kpan-Naa Mohammed Bawah, educated the assembly members on their activities.
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