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Gov’t yet to defeat fall armyworms invasion – GAWU
The General Secretary of GAWU, Edward Kareweh, said that invasion has not been held under control neither has it ended.
This is an accusation made by the Ghana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU).
Speaking to Accra-based Citi FM, the General Secretary of GAWU, Edward Kareweh, said that invasion has not been held under control neither has it ended.
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“The invasion is ongoing. As long as the armyworms continue to be on our soil, they’ll continue to cause destruction because each day, the armyworm must live and destroy. As to whether you consider the destruction significant or not is up to your own judgement, but the armyworm continues to destroy. I don’t think the armyworms have surrendered. The Ministry stated that they had defeated the armyworm completely which we disagreed with. I don’t think we are near the stage where we can state that armyworms are out of our environment completely.”
“They might have known they did not have the full understanding of the armyworms and based on that they came to the wrong conclusion that they would defeat it completely. They might also have known the task was enormous but said they would defeat it completely when they knew they could not. The fall armyworms are not like the normal armyworms. They have migrated from somewhere, we’ve never encountered them before. It was better, to be honest, that you were not sure of the outcome of the battle with a new enemy, but would make sure it’s defeated. If you look at the story all along, you get the sense that the challenges of defeating the armyworms have been downplayed to look as though we’ll walk over them. Today they’ve come to stay,” he added.
The government has successively announced that it has succeeded in ending the fall armyworm invasion.
In August, the Agriculture Ministry stated that farms were recovering from the outbreak while Deputy Agriculture Minister, Dr Sagre Bambangi said they had conquered the armyworms.
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According to Edward Kareweh, farmers are supposed to spray their farms about three times to curb an infestation of the fall army worms.
However, Kareweh said the government has not provided enough chemicals for a proper fight against the invasion.
“Government did not appear to have provided the needed resources to be able to fight the armyworms. The quantities of chemicals and pesticides that were sent were not enough. Either the total chemicals available were not enough or enough was provided, but it didn’t get to the farmers.”
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