Ghanaian dancehall singer, Samini has faulted the Ghanaian government criminalizing marijuana. Samini who started singing in a church choir at the age of 14, has requested that the Ghanaian government grant him licence to grow his own marijuana in the country.
The Dankwasere crooner insisted that as a farmer, growing the plant will help grow the economy.
“I am a farmer. I need licence to grow weed 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 weed, 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,” he said.
In 2006, Samini clinched the “Best African Act” at the MOBO awards. After releasing his second self-titled studio album, Samini, he won three awards at the 2007 Ghana Music Awards.