General News of Thursday, 21 November 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comWhy is govt massaging figures to create the erroneous impression that all is well? - Eric Opoku asksplay videoEric Opoku, Minority spokesperson on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa affairsMinority spokesperson on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa affairs, Eric Opoku, has advised the Akufo-Addo led government to desist from manipulating figures to impress Ghanaians. Eric Opoku said the figures presented in the 2020 budget do not tally with previous data. In 2020 budget the government has said that 880,000 farmers participated in the program and the question is, where from the additional 102,000 farmers. “Why are we massaging the figures to create that erroneous impression that all is well when in the actuality we know that things are not well?” He said.

Source: GhanaWeb November 21, 2019 14:03 UTC