The Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the National Food Buffer Stock Corporation (NAFCo) have announced a partnership to build more warehouses around the nation.
According to the National Food Buffer Stock Corporation, the action is intended to store more grains in order to prevent a food crisis, particularly in senior high schools.
Hanan Abdul-Wahab, the Chief Executive Officer of NAFCO, told reporters in Accra that more warehouses should be built in preparation for a big grain crop as part of the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs plan.
“We have not just warehouses, but silos for long-term storage. There is currently an ongoing visit to all the abandoned silos, because, with the Food and Jobs (PFJ) phase two, we are going to have a lot of grains to store for Ghana.”
NAFCO and the National Food Suppliers Association have been at odds for over two months over GH¢200 million arrears owed its members for food supplied to various senior high schools across the country. Of this amount, nearly 85% has been cleared, with 15% still outstanding.
Members of the association commenced picketing at NAFCO’s premises where two of them were taken ill in July before the monies were paid to them.
In a recent interview with the spokesperson for the aggrieved members, Kwaku Amedume disclosed that the government still owed members over GH¢300 million for food supplied for 2023.
