Asenso-Boakye gives financial support to female poultry farmer

The Member of Parliament for Bantama, Francis Asenso-Boakye has extended financial support to a young woman in his constituency who has started poultry farming on a small scale.

Mr Asenso-Boakye, who is also the Minister for Works and Housing, gave out 5,000 cedis to, Elizabeth Boakye, the fresh entrepreneur who hitherto worked as a teacher in a private school in Kumasi.

Delight
At the presentation ceremony, Ms Boakye said the monthly salary she earned as a private school teacher could not enable her cater well for her children, hence, her venturing into the poultry farm business on a small scale.
She was delighted that she now has an amount of money that can help her expand her poultry farm and take up real farming business.

The former teacher was hopeful that putting the amount into her agric business, would help her maximize profit and be able to better cater for her wards and herself.

She expressed her utmost gratitude to Mr Asenso-Boakye for the kind gesture. ‘’I am dumbfounded. I called Chief (MP) late in the night and appealed to him for financial support to expand a small poultry farm I have started, and shockingly he asked me to come to his office the following day. I came, and he has given me the exact amount I needed. I am so happy. May God bless him and give him long life. Now, I know I can do better poultry business and be able to cater for my children and myself,” she stated.

Interest in agribusiness
Mr Asenso-Boakye disclosed that he was moved by the fact that a woman was expressing interest in agribusiness, at a time the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is making efforts to attract more youth to the agriculture sector.

He advised Ms Boakye to use the money for the purpose for which it was given to her. He further advised her to work hard to expand her business with the money received so he will be able to employ some other youth in the business in the days ahead.

Other support
The Bantama MP noted that several of such support have been given to the youth in Bantama constituency to boost their businesses. ‘’Some youth in shoe making, hairdressing, fashion design and other private businesses have also benefitted from my office. I will continue to support my people as long as I get the means,” Asenso-Boakye explained.