Members of the National Food Suppliers Association have been camping on the premises of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) since Tuesday, July 4, to demand payment of GH278 million owing to them.
Bryan Acheampong, Minister of Food and Agriculture, announced during an interview on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Thursday, July 6, that he met with association members on Thursday, July 6, and informed them that the payment process had already begun.
He further stated that the first payment will be made on Monday, July 17, 2023.
“Luckily, there has been a reconciliation and payment is being processed for them and it will be paid to them starting July 17. I can assure you that from July 17, those who have supplied and have been cleared will be paid their money,” the Agric Minister told Selorm Adonoo.
He went on to say that the payment was not the result of the members’ protest, but rather something the administration had previously put in place, and that the protest just pushed the government to publicly announce the payment date.
“There was no need to have the protest for these people to be paid from July 17, they are not being paid because they have protested because we had the timelines on when they were going to receive the money and the protest has only forced us to come out to tell them the date for the payment and so I told them today that it was not because of the protest that they were being paid.”
