The National Food Suppliers Association has announced plans to picket at the Ministry of Education due to delay in debt payments.
The food suppliers said the government owes them seven months’ worth of arrears.
The Association stated that, the protest is necessary because of what they describe as the government’s deliberate attempt to hinder the operational activities of the National Food Buffer Stock Company which is negatively impacting them.
In an interview with Citi News, Kwaku Amedume, the spokesperson for the National Food Suppliers Association, urged the government to pay the outstanding amounts in full or face their wrath.
“They have been deducting our money left, right, centre and when you ask for an explanation they are not willing to give it to you. In my case like this they have deducted almost three thousand cedis, so imagine the others.
“Buffer Stock deducting 3% and 2% and a whole lot. By Monday we will be calling a press conference. We have written a few letters but nothing is working. We want the government to pay our money in full. We are planning on serious picketing because it looks like they are bent on taking our monies,” he stated.
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