Minority Spokesperson on Defense and Interior in Parliament, James Agalga has condemned the government’s decision to send soldiers to the northern parts of the country as part of efforts to enforce a ban on some food produce, describing it as a tactic to intimidate voters in the opposition’s strongholds.
Mr. Agalga says the claims by the Minority have been born out of the absence of no clear periods of when the deployment will come to an end.
“The fact that there are no timelines gives us reason to suspect that they only used the crisis related to the drought up north and the potential for us to have food security challenges to deploy the military to intimidate voters.
“Otherwise there should be timelines and we further back our assertions with what happened in the run-up to the 2020 elections, the former Interior Minister who spoke to the press in parliament said.
The Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul in a joint address with the Minister of Agriculture announced plans to deploy the military to the northern parts of the country to enforce a ban on exporting grains including rice, maize, and soybean.
This is in response to the severe drought affecting food production in the country.
The Minority noted that the ruling government devised a “carefully orchestrated” plan in 2020 with claims of succession in the Volta Region as a motive to instill fear in their voters in the region.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Mitchell Asare Amoamah
