The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has assured the fishing communities that if he’s elected to be president once more, his administration will restore the fishing enterprise to its glory.
Mr Mahama accused the Akufo-Addo administration of destroying the fishing enterprise.
He stated costs of premix and outboard motors through the tenure of the NDC have been dealt with by the chief fisherman however presently it’s dealt with by apparatchiks of the governing occasion.
“We will restore the glory days of the fishing industry,” he stated throughout an interplay with canoe house owners and fisherfolks in Tema on Saturday, June 8.
We’ll employ young people in the fishing communities to clean the beaches – Mahama
He added “we have now to offer vessels for the Navy to have the ability to patrol our waters.
“We will present the Navy with ships in order that they’ll patrol and be sure that the unique zone the place the trawlers are usually not supposed to return, they don’t come there.
“We are going to employ young people who live in all the fishing communities along the beach and we will pay them to clean the beaches every day so that there will be no plastics on our beaches.”