Andrews Addoquaye Tagoe, General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has welcomed President John Dramani Mahama's announcement that import duties on agro-processing machinery will be waived, describing it as a direct response to long-standing advocacy efforts. "Someone is clearly listening to the advocacy we've done-especially alongside Channel One News.
We've raised these issues many times.
Listening to the president this morning, I felt many of our concerns were being addressed," Tagoe said in an interview with Citi Business News during the National Agribusiness Dialogue in Accra.
The president's announcement, made on Monday, July 28, 2025, is part of broader government efforts to enhance value addition and increase investment in local agricultural processing.
