Former president John Mahama has said in Munich that he made a mistake buying tractors for farmers when he was in power.
According to him, with hindsight he should have tasked an expert to provide the tractor services to the farmers instead of dealing with the latter directly.
“I realised some of the things that we did, we made mistakes, we imported tractors and agricultural equipment, and we gave it to farmers,” Mahama said. “The farmer does not need the tractor, he does not need the agricultural equipment, he needs the services of a tractor.”
“So, somebody who knows how to maintain that tractor must have a service centre, where he provides the services to the farmer. But we gave the tractors to the farmers, and in a year or two the tractor had broken down because he [farmer] doesn’t know that every six months you must change the engine oil, you must change the filters, you must grease the tractor, he [farmer] doesn’t know that. So, we will approach it differently,” Mahama added.
The 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC) took place from 17 to 19 February 2023 at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. Dubbed the Davos of Defense, the Munich Security Conference attracts heads of state, generals, intelligence chiefs and top diplomats from around the world.
The conference provides a platform for high-level debates “on key foreign and security policy challenges.”
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