The National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCo) is collaborating with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to establish additional warehouses nationwide.
This initiative aims to stockpile more grains, preventing potential food shortages, particularly in secondary schools.
NAFCo’s CEO, Hanan Abdul-Wahab, stated in Accra that new warehouses, including silos for extended storage, are essential for the expected surplus grain harvest from the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs program’s second phase.
“As part of Food and Jobs phase two, we’re enhancing our storage capacity with both warehouses and silos. Our teams are assessing disused silos across the nation in preparation for the substantial grain yield.”
Over the last two months, NAFCo and the National Food Suppliers Association have engaged in a dispute concerning GH¢200 million in outstanding payments to members for supplies to secondary schools.
Around 85% of this sum has been settled, with the remaining 15% pending.
During their protest at NAFCo’s premises, two association members fell ill in July before receiving their payments.
In a recent conversation, the spokesperson for the aggrieved members, Kwaku Amedume, disclosed that the government still owes the association more than GH¢300 million for food provision in 2023.