The National Food Suppliers Association is threatening to use all legitimate means to compel the government to pay the monies owed to them.

The government owes approximately GH₵6 billion to various contractors and suppliers under the Free Senior High School policy, including the National Food Suppliers Association.

According to the spokesperson of the Association, Koku Amedume, the payment has been delayed, and they are currently considering alternative actions to address the issue.

Speaking on Joy FM’s Top Story he said "We will do anything legitimate, legal to reclaim our money. Money that we have one way or the other invested in government projects, government business."

He explained that many of their members had to secure loan facilities to execute the projects.

“We go to borrow money from banks, use our properties as collateral and take those monies and put in government policy. So we expect that at the end of it when the money comes we get paid,” he stressed.

Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament has urged the government to immediately settle approximately 6 billion cedis owed to various contractors and suppliers under the government's Free Senior High School policy.

The group noted that the supplier of tablets for SHS students is currently owed over 300 million cedis.

The Minority acknowledged that replacing textbooks with tablets is a good idea, especially considering how often students misplace books but emphasised that this initiative should be implemented only when adequate resources are available.