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Ghana: Assembly Member Initiates Fish Farming Project
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Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
7 August 2008
Posted to the web 7 August 2008
Samuel Agbewoode Ho
The Assembly Member for Mepe in the North Tongu District, Mr. Nanewortor, has initiated a project at Mepe to help address the problem of high unemployment, confronting the youth, through the development of creeks, which abounds in the area, into fishponds.
He noted that there were natural resources in the North Tongu District, particularly Mepe, which could be properly harnessed to the benefit of society, but due to lack of financial support to help develop such potentials, which Mr. Nanewortor observed could create opportunities for the youth, have been left untapped over the years.
Mr. Nanewortor made this known to Volta File at Mepe, where he launched a five-year development project, aimed at creating jobs for the youth in the area of fishing, which he noted, had a greater capacity to create employment, for the growing number of youth without jobs in the area.
The Mepe Assembly Member said, currently some of the youth, who embraced the project, were using their hands to remove weeds growing in the creeks, which was delaying the project, and used the opportunity to appeal to the North Tongu District Assembly, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and investors, to support the project in the purchase of equipment to facilitate the removal of the weeds.
Mr. Nanewortor said already the various land owners in the area, had released lands for the project, as well as chiefs in the Mepe traditional area, who have all pledged their support for the project, because they were of the view that it was a viable venture, that would go a long way to help the youth create wealth for themselves.
He noted that the fishing industry had the great potential of creating jobs for the people, and pointed out that fish farming was a lucrative venture, as it already has an existing market in the Mepe area, as people travel from Accra, Tema, and other urban areas, in search of fish to buy in commercial quantities, but they could not achieve their supply targets.
Mr. Nanewortor explained that the only person, who had been in the aqua-culture business for sometime now, is Mr. Amaglo Gakpetor, who could not satisfy the high demand for fish, as the number of people who wanted to buy fish continued to increase, adding that Mr. Gakpetor could not meet the increasing demand, due to the fact that he still needed support to expand his business, which was the first to be established in the Volta Region.
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The Assembly Member used the opportunity, and advised the youth to take advantage of the opportunity, to engage themselves in self-employed business activities, which Mr. Nanewortor stressed, would enable them to become self-reliant, and refrain from seeking non-existing white-collar jobs.
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