The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has attributed the successes of the nation’s fight against the COVID-19 outbreak to the agricultural sector.
According to him, there has not been any shortage of food since the outbreak of the disease in the country.
“As a result of the resilient nature of Ghanaian agriculture, buoyed on by the fact that the sector has received strong support from the government over the last three years and ten months, we, in Ghana, faced no shortages in the food supply since the outbreak of the virus on our shores in March. Our country has since been able to stand on its own two feet, in spite of the obviously difficult times.”
“I express the appreciation of a grateful nation to farmers and fisherfolks across the country for achieving this historic feat.”
The president made this known in his message to farmers on the 36th National Farmers’ Day celebration on Friday, November 6, 2020.
Ghana’s current case count
Ghana recorded its first two cases of the novel disease on March 12, 2020. The nation has since recorded 48,788 cumulatively with 47,521 and 320.
A total of 543,316 tests has since been conducted.
Currently, the country has an active case count of 947.
Meanwhile, four regions of the 16 regions of the country have no active case.
