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Leadership of some fishing associations under the National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG), have openly offer their support to the minsiter designate for the sector, Hawa Koomson, assuring her of their readiness to work with her if given the approval to lead the sector by Parliament.
Leaders and some Members of the Ghana National Canoe Fisherman Council, Ghana Inland Fisheries and the Ghana Inshore Fisheries Association, made the pledge, when they paid a courtesy call on the minister designate at the Osu Castle.
The call on the Minsiter designate, according to the President of the Ghana Inshore Fisheries Association, Joseph Nii Armah Quaye, was to formally introduce the rank and file of the associations to the minister, and also update her on teething challenges facing the fishing sector.
Joseph Armah Quaye also charged the minister designate to ensure, she gives the necessary attention to aquaculture with much emphasis on fish farming and mariculture, which they believe can address the unemployment rate amongst the youth and also yield financial dividends to the country’s purse.
On his part, the Public Relations Officer of the National Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council, Nana Joojo Solomon, also stressed on the need for the minsiter designate to be open and create an enabling enviroment to accommodate views and opinions from stakeholders in the industry, when given the clearance by parliament to take office.
The minsiter designate for fisheries and aquaculture, Hawa Koomson, commended the leadership of the various fishing associations, for their open support and determination to work with her, for the progress of the sector. She assured them of her readiness to ensure the fishing sector bounces back to it past glory. She said a fishing ministry under her leadrship will not only ensure all areas under the sector are equiped and developed to the betterment of the industry, but will yield the desired results expected by stakeholders.
It is the expectation of the member Associations, that parliament will unanimously endorsed the appointment of the minsiter designate for the sector, after March 3rd.
Source: MyGhanaMedia.com
