Food Suppliers Will Start Receiving Payment From July 17 – Agric Minister

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has assured members of the National Food Suppliers Association(NAFSA) that they will receive payment for food supplied beginning Monday, July 17, 2023.

The food suppliers have been picketing at the premises of the National Food Buffer Stock Company(NAFCO) since Tuesday, July 4, 2023, to demand payment of GH¢278 million owed them.

According to Mr Acheampong, he engaged with the suppliers on Thursday, July 6, and informed them that the payment process had already commenced.

“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,” he said.

He added that the payment plans were made before the picketing started, but the protest only forced the government to publicly disclose 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,” the Minister stressed.