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On Tuesday, July 4, 2023, the National Food Suppliers Association started picketing outside the National Food Buffer Stock Company’s offices.
The Association’s spokesperson, Kweku Amedume, told media that their action is intended to make a strong demand for their money because the government has not paid the more than two years’ worth of arrears owed to its members.
The organization gave the buffer stock company a first 14-day ultimatum demanding full payment of the outstanding arrears or face a string of pickets.
“We’ll stay here till our debt is settled. The desire for our money, which has been with Buffer Stock for more than two years, is something we want to emphasize. We’ve tried everything to have our money paid, but nothing works. Therefore, we plan to picket not just today but also tomorrow and the following day until we receive payment.
The government promised to pay us the money, but it has not done so. The last time we planned to picket, there were a few interventions with which we consented, but nothing has materialized as of yet, therefore we are picketing now. Mr. Amedome said, “We want to stay here until they give us our money.
“Because we can’t be home right now, our home is not convenient because the people we borrowed to help us with our business are on us,” he stated. They would like to grab our assets. We want to be here because we don’t feel comfortable in our home any longer and the banks want to take our properties. We are referring to 270 million Ghanaian cedis, which was spread out over two years.
The representative went on to say that even though business expenses and interest rates have increased, people’s money will still be worth the same amount after two years.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
