The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has bemoaned the unavailability of subsidised fertiliser to farmers due to outstanding debts owed suppliers by government.
Head of Programmes and Advocacy for the Association, Dr. Charles Nyaaba said the suppliers are no longer willing to supply fertilisers at a subsidised cost due to an outstanding debt of about GH₵346 million owed them by the government since 2020.
“The fertilizer companies are not willing to supply the subsidized fertilizer at the moment because according to them, the government still owes them ₵86 million for what they supplied in 2020 and what they supplied in 2021, the government still owes them ₵260 million cedis and these monies haven’t been paid yet,” he stressed.
Dr. Charles Nyaaba said this on Joy FM's Super Morning Show, on Wednesday, April 27, as part of conversations on the rising cost of food prices on the market.
He stated that this has adversely impacted their business since they no longer have access to affordable fertiliser, which is an important production input. Dr. Nyaaba warned that this can have further implications on the prices of food if nothing is done about the situation.
He, thus, has called on the government to settle the debts owed to the suppliers in order to avoid a further degeneration of the situation.
“It is the duty of government to settle them for them to produce the fertiliser, but as we speak we don’t have any indication as to when the government will settle them,” he stated.
Latest Stories
-
Appiatse disaster: Akufo-Addo to inaugurate 120 housing units
9 mins -
DJ Vyrusky out with new song ‘Follow Who Know Road’
17 mins -
Today’s front pages: Thursday, May 2, 2024
22 mins -
Government steps up efforts to pass new Labour Law
24 mins -
Seven ECG substations in Accra flooded over Wednesday’s downpour
34 mins -
Government to distribute 1.2 million textbooks to TVET schools
35 mins -
TEWU demands government must pay all Tier-2 deductions to fund managers
37 mins -
Cedi hits GH¢14.18 to a dollar; year-to-date loss reaches 13.45%
42 mins -
Akufo-Addo’s assertion of dumsor’s end misleading, says IES
1 hour -
Ghana registers 31 fresh COVID-19 infections
1 hour -
Vote for a government committed to upholding integrity of Public Service – GLOGSAG to Civil Servants
1 hour -
Kasoa protests ‘bad name’
1 hour -
Yaw Nsarkoh: Bit by bit we will understand China
8 hours -
Looted and returned: Asante royal artefacts on display for public viewing at Manhyia Museum
8 hours -
Suspected killer in Kasoa land dispute shooting not a National Security operative
9 hours