A politician, actor and an entrepreneur, John Dumelo, has said that he will not reject an appointment as an Agric Minister from the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) if being given the opportunity.
According to him in a response to a question asked by a follower on the microblogging site on Twitter, his desire to make agriculture in the country attractive for the youth is not for political reasons but a course that will benefit the nation.
The follower asked: “John, what if the current government decides RIGHT NOW to make you the Agric Minister for the rest of their tenure. All money goes DIRECTLY to you and don’t report to anybody, just turn agric around. Will you take the job??
To which Dumelo replied: “Hmmmmmm. It’s a national project not political one. I will take the job and turn agric around”, he said.
“We are moving forward, let’s have the past behind and see how best we can make agric great. All I want is to make agric great again, inspire 1000’s of youth to go into agric”.
“Ready market is always there if and only if we start adding value to raw material. Oranges get rotten in Kwamankese each year when there’s glut. If we had a factory established there to make juice, jam etc, that problem will cease. So it’s about value addition”, he added.
See screenshots of the chat below
