Tumu, (UWR), July 26, GNA- Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President, has promised to focus on agriculture by mechanizing and increasing technology adoption to enhance productivity for farmers if elected.

Dr Bawumia made the promise in Tumu during a campaign tour of Gwollu and Tumu in the Sissala area with the Bawumia youth connect, “It’s possible” agenda.

Dr Bawumia said, “I am on my campaign tour, and I want to start it from home, the five Northern regions to ask for the blessings of the chiefs as this election is going to be a historic one as we are going to produce a president from the North for Ghana.”

He said his major focus would be agriculture to turn the fortunes of farmers through mechanization and job creation.

He said, “In agriculture, I want us to move towards lime as fertilizer since the soil scientists have told us that lime is an effective form of fertilizer, which could reduce the cost of fertilizer and improve agriculture productivity. The good thing is that Ghana has a lot of lime deposits, which we will focus on to empower agriculture.”

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