Hundreds of local tourists and students have visited the B-BOVID farms, located at Angu, in the Shama District of the Western Region, to learn about the new social inclusive module of farming activities being introduced by B-BOVID farms.
After the visit, the participants appealed to the Akufo-Addo administration to support the activities of B-BOVID farms to close the growing food insecurity gaps in the country.
They emphasised the need for the government to take concrete steps to investigate issues troubling the operations of the owner of B-BOVID farms, Mr. Issa Ouedraogo.
According to them, the B-BOVID farms have demonstrated that they are a force to be reckoned with in the food value chain.
“This is not the person to be disgraced, to be dragged into dirt by jealous, greedy selfish individuals as well as lawyers, staff and individuals in this country. So it is important that Ghana government looks into that whether it is the NIB, CHRAJ or any relevant authority, the media. They should wake up and show interest in this company and find out exactly what is happening.”
“This guy is also ready to even borrow money to pay independent auditors to verify how these fake investors came along and the things they did if it is in line with international reclamations on how to acquire or be a partner of a social impact investor. This is a challenge that the Ghanaian public has to show interest in,” they stated.
They commended the social inclusive entrepreneur, Mr. Issa Ouedraogo, for using a new module of agriculture to change an age-old narrative in farming practices.
They asked the government of Ghana to work closely with the entrepreneur to expand the scope of his business and ideas to benefit more Ghanaians.
Speaking in an interview with journalists on Friday, December 2, 2022, the Coordinator of Good Governance Africa, an established non-governmental organisation (NGO) operating in Western Region, Mr. Edward Tei Sarpong, who took over hundred school pupils to B-BOVID farms, expressed satisfaction about the impact of the new module of agriculture being used by the entrepreneur to inform farmers to reform and transform their activities.
This new social inclusive module of farming, he noted, would keep the farmers active, proactive and productive.
“What we have been doing with B-BOVID in the last seven years, is to introduce people to this new concept of farming geared towards training farmers on sustainable Agriculture”
He explained that the reason for the NGO marrying governance with tourism and farming, was to promote agriculture, “It is an aspect of our lives that boarders on our existence and sustenance.”
Other visitors who watched the amazing things being done by the entrepreneur noted that “This is a Ghanaian who grew up as an orphan, God being so good to him, he had been able to educate himself and ended up with good jobs outside of the country.”
He also ended up with international organisations and was one of the guys who was spearheading the Poverty Strategy Peer Person and also the Millennium Development Goals.
“This guy was earning over US$120,000 dollars a year, decided to use his own money 800,000 dollars plus a loan of 1.7 million dollars, by the way, he himself brought it from outside and it was supposed to have been given to him at 5%, but ADB gave it to him at side plan of 33%. Nevertheless, this guy still had hope, and wanted to prove to the world, Ghanaians, that agriculture still remains the cornerstone of our economic development,” he said.
Listening to the struggle of the farmer and how he managed to turn things around, Kwame Frazier, one of visitors to the B-BOVID farms, said “He set up a social enterprise and set up an ICT centre for farmers which still remains the only one in the country, a mechanisation centre, an alternative livelihood centre, and a factory to operate as a total socially inclusive business with profit sharing and shared value as a centre of that business, that worked.
Aside from that, he created a 15-acre ecological biodiversity garden which he ironically named it Garden of Eden. He set up 3 big dams to demonstrate climate smart agricultural technology for future farming. He also created an ecological and agro-forestry with vegetables and other products in it.
“This guy deserves to be celebrated, deserves to be encouraged, deserves to be supported and should not be left to fake, wicked people who claim to be social impact investors who by the way want to use this man’s credit, achievements and credentials to seek glory outside Africa. It is unfortunate that even renowned lawyers in this country will support this fake investors who have recruited same person’s staff to tarnish his image, creating fake names on the internet, on social media to tarnish his image and insult him. Ghanaians must not sit down to look at this to happen,” he said.
The visitors at the farm
