Dancehall artiste, Samini has appealed to the Government of Ghana to grant him licence to grow marijuana in the country.
Samini asked the government to install proper mechanisms for marijuana to be used as a commercial product instead of criminalizing its usage.
The multiple award-winning artiste made this comment in an interview with host Odi Ahenkan, sitting in for the regular host Abeiku Santana, on Okay FM's Wednesday live.
He recounted some benefits of marijuana to national development saying when it is legalized and farmers like himself are given the necessary assistance to grow the product, it would help to generate revenues for the country.
"I am a farmer. I need licence to grow wee and export it to the industries that use wee for medicinal purposes and every other thing important apart from smoking. If I get the licence to grow wee, I'll supply to the medical industry, the oil industry...the paper industry, you know different [different] industries which use marijuana as raw materials as base for what they produce", Samini said.
Samini, who has released his latest hit single "Obaa", stated emphatically that he is against the smoking of marijuana or the usage of it for recreational purposes but "you should allow farmers to grow because every country in the world has what is viable in the soil...Other places also grow other things as well as wee and sell to other places which don't grow but it needs it for jeans, paper, oil and soap production, and every other thing apart from smoking".
He added he will append his signature to petition Parliament to make the farming of marijuana for commercial use lawful in the country.
Okay FM's "Wednesday Live" is a live band segment of the Drive time show which had Samini to perform on the August 22 edition of the programme.
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You are a farmer,good, please use the same acres of land to grow vegetables like onion and tomato and you will get your peace.The narcotics board will not disturb and put surveillance on you.
You go ahead , i will also be waiting for you . People being jail ; U want govt lic . to produce that ? Sam .
what at all did he say dat is wrong,he says to export it to industries outside that needs them.we shouldnt behave like lunatics and ignore the wisdom in his comment.still high grade
SAMINI YOU ARE VERY ***barred word*** AND ***barred word***, HOW CAN YOU EVEN THINK OF GETTING A LICENSE TO GROW WEED. FOR WHAT. THINK ABOUT SOMETHING POSITIVE WHICH WILL BE A BENEFICIAL FOE THE YOUTH AND NOT TO DESTROY THEM. DO YOU KNOW THE IMPACTS OF GROWING WEED ON THE YOUTH. HAY, BE WISE COS YOU ARE A GROWN UP FELLOW AND NOT A KID. YOU HAVE CHILDREN I SUPPOSE. WISE UP MAN WISE UP.
Samini wants permission to commercialised his High Grade produce in the market . . .ay3 ka!
I am amazed by the comments....this shows how people are ***barred word*** of how weed is boosting economies of countries that allow growing and export of marijuana
When will this man grow up?
SAMINI GYIMIIIIIII..
SAMINI YOU HAVE LOST YOUR INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY BY PROPOSING THIS. DO YOU HEALTH IMPLICATION THAT WOULD COME WITH THIS SUGGESTION..YOU ARE GOING ABSURDITY PLUS PLUS
Samini no gyama )b)dam, not legalising its production sef pple re smoking, how much more legalising it? Jack p3 adwuma fofro y3.