National Food Suppliers for Free SHS set to picket at Education Ministry

The National Food Suppliers Association has disclosed that it would soon picket at the premises of the Ministry of Education due to government’s failure to pay over seven months of unsettled arrears.

National Food Suppliers for Free SHS set to picket at Education Ministry. The association revealed that the government under the NPP has failed to pay over seven months of arrears.

The National Food Suppliers Association revealed that their decision to protest at the Ministry of Education has become relevant as a result of what it described as the government’s deliberate move to frustrate the operational activities of the National Food Buffer Stock Company to the disadvantage of the suppliers.

ALSO READ: Information Ministry justifies ¢151k paid to staff as Covid-19 risk allowance

Speaking in an interview with Citi News, Kwaku Amedume, the Spokesperson for the National Food Suppliers Association, called on the government to settle all debts as soon as possible or face the Association’s wrath.

“They have been deducting our money left, right, centre and when you ask for an explanation they are not willing to give it to you. In my case like this they have deducted almost three thousand cedis, so imagine the others.

“Buffer Stock deducting 3% and 2% and a whole lot. By Monday we will be calling a press conference. We have written a few letters but nothing is working.

ALSO READ: CETAG meets national teaching council to conclude on strike

“We want the government to pay our money in full. We are planning on serious picketing because it looks like they are bent on taking our monies,” he stated.

The National Food Suppliers Association is known  to be a group of food suppliers who sell food stuff to government schools and also supply food items to cooks working for the free SHS program initiated by the NPP government spearheaded by Nana Addo Danquah.

Share Our Post on the Topic “National Food Suppliers set to picket at Education Ministry”.

To Read More Stories, Click Here.