Pay arrears to prevent food security crisis – National Seed Trade Association calls on Finance Ministry

The National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG) is calling on the Ministry of Finance to pay monies owed them.

According to the Association, if this is not done, the country may experience a worsened state of food security and a possible collapse of the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs Programme.

In a statement signed by the NASTAG President, the Association states that over the last couple of years, it has been compelled to offer sacrificial services to government, despite the unavailability of funds.

This, the Association said can no longer continue, and therefore the need for government to honour all its financial obligations to them.

The current increasing food prices could get worse in the coming months and next year if something imminent is not done about the payment of this debt