The President and Convener of Save the Nation Ghana Dr. Appiah Korang has stated Ghana will control the world if we legalise the cultivation of marijuana “wee” for industrial purposes.
Speaking on Plan B FM morning show NKOSUONSEM, with Nana Yaw Abroampah, Dr. Korang said, research has it that an acre of land of marijuana could earn the country about $1.1 billion income.
He said most Western countries, marijuana cultivation has been their main source of income for years so if the law permits it to be cultivated in the country it will boost the country’s foreign earnings and stabilize the economy.
” Cultivating marijuana protects the land, now that illegal mining activities are destroying our lands we can cultivate marijuana to revitalize the land for its intended use, it also calls for frequent rainfall in the cultivated areas to boost farming activities, permitting “wee” cultivation will create employment for the youth and also increase the economic gains”.
All these are achievable if the government can regulate for its intended purposes, he stressed.
On the other hand, Ghana was projected to rake in US$3 billion from Cannabis in 2023, until the Supreme Court declared the law controlling the sector null and void.
The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, who said this in Parliament on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 also indicated the court’sdecision had “disturbed” the plans of government to leverage that sector industrially and medicinally.
According to him, the country may not have run to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the same US$3 billion for three years, when the cultivation of cannabis, also known as ‘wee,’ could generate that in a year.
“But, Mr. Speaker, if we were not disturbed by this judgment, we were projected to earn $3 billion from the Cannabis cultivation in 2023. We would not have gone to the IMF for that $3 billion, because $3 billion a year is what we would have achieved in 2023, and yet we have gone for $3 billion from the IMF for three years. And therefore, we have already lost time,” he said.
The Minister for the Interior was moving the motion for the second reading of the Narcotics Control Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which he laid last week and was referred to the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs for consideration and report.
The committee submitted its report yesterday, recommending to the House that it passes the bill.
In his comments, the minister told the House that the particular section ruled on by the Supreme Court was going to provide employment and other benefits.
He made it clear that the amendment was just a single clause for the industrial and medicinal use of cannabis, which was declared void by the Supreme Court.
He thus encouraged his colleagues to support the bill to help “restore Section 43 of the law” to benefit the entire nation.
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