The spokesperson for the Bryan Acheampong Campaign Team, Pius Enam Hadzide, has dismissed allegations that former Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, hoarded fertilisers meant for farmers during the 2024 dry spell.
According to Mr. Hadzide, the claims — which suggested that the former minister’s actions contributed to the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) defeat in the 2024 elections — are false and politically motivated.
Speaking on Face to Face on Channel One TV with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, Mr. Hadzide described the allegations as “scandalous and baseless,” insisting that Dr. Acheampong ensured fair and timely distribution of fertilisers nationwide.
“They actually said that, that would be scandalous. How can that be? What is Bryan Acheampong going to do with fertiliser? Somebody who is self-made,’ he said.
He explained that as part of measures to mitigate the impact of the dry spell, the then Agric Minister facilitated the importation and distribution of fertilisers to all regions.
He clarified, however, that the minister’s role did not extend to direct distribution to farmers.
“As far as I know, the minister for Agriculture, as an intervention to mitigate the impact of the dry spell, thought about the Ghanaian farmers, imported fertilisers and distributed those fertilisers to each and every single region. The minister’s job is not to go and carry fertilisers and distribute them to farmers.
He added, “That is a job for the localised decentralised structures of our governance system, assemblies and so on. If for one reason a district did not distribute fertilisers, or distributed them late…it’s only desperation in the highest order that will make someone put the blame on the sector minister. I don’t know what people are talking about,” he said.
Source: citinewsroom.com By Leticia Osei
