EKMA CELEBRATES 38th FARMERS’ DAY on Friday 2nd December, 2022 A total number of 11 awardees including 9 farmers, 1 Institution, 1 AEA were awarded and received the various award items from the Assembly. Madam Helena Yankey of Whindo has been crowned as the overall Best Farmer in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal for 2021. For her prize, Madam Helena Yankey received 1 Tricycle (Aboboyaa), 5 bags of lime, 3 bags of NPK (fertilizer), USD/SD card Music Player,1 Wax Print,1 Box Weedicides,1 32 inches TV set and a knapsack sprayer. Madam Helena Yankey was honoured at the 37th Farmers’ Day Celebration for the Municipal Overall Best Farmer held at Whindo Community Park on Friday,3rd December,2021 on the theme “Planting for Food and Jobs-consolidating food systems in Ghana. The first and the second Runner-up were Mr. Iddrisu Fuseini and Mr. James Yawson respectively. The 1st Runner-up also received Aboboyaa as a prize. Other winners included Rashid Osman, Municipal Best Vegetable Farmer, Ato Robert Hayford, Municipal Best Small Ruminants Farmer, Monica Baidoo, Municipal Best Crop Farmer, Isaac Osei Boateng, Municipal Best Extension Agent (AEA), Reginald Nuamah, Municipal Best Non-Traditional Farmer, Vida Boakye Ansah, Municipal Best Poultry Farmer, Francis N.K Yalley, Municipal Best Physically Challenged Farmer. The 2nd Infantry Battalion (Apremdo) also won the Best Institution for the year in the Municipal. Speaking at the event, the Municipal Chief Executive of the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA), Hon. Kojo Acquah admonished to help strengthen our food production and enhance food security in the Municipality. Present at the ceremony were Hon. Dr. Prince Armah, the Member of Parliament for Kwesimintsim Constituency, The Presiding Member of the Assembly, Hon. John Davis and other Dignitaries.
