The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has been urged by Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture development, to stop politicizing the closed fishing season for canoeists and artisanal fishermen.
The sector minister claims that if the policy is politicized, the fishing community would not gain anything from the exercise.
The former president recently promised that if he wins the next elections on December 7, artisanal fisherman would not be subject to the closed season.
Speaking to the media following a stakeholder meeting in Accra, Hawa Koomson said it was impractical for the NDC flagbearer to exclude artisanal fishers from the exercise.
“I hear the former president going around to say that when he comes back, he is going to abolish the closed season. I let them [the fishermen] know that it is a law. So I did not even create it. It was the NDC that made the law. And they observed it in 2016.
“I am only continuing what is there because it has become a policy. I want to plead with the former president that he has been in the seat before and he is a former president. When he is before the people and making utterances, he should be very careful because things that you cannot do, you don’t promise them.” She stated.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
