Business News of Tuesday, 13 April 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comSome aggrieved poultry farmers in the Ashanti Region have revealed plans to petition President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over an alleged intention by the National Food Buffer Stock Company to replace eggs provided by local poultry farmers to schools with mackerel imported from China. According to the local poultry farmers, there are plans to substitute eggs with imported mackerels, a development they say will affect local farmers who have been supplying eggs to schools under the National Approved Menu of Senior High Schools. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of Poultry Farmers Association, Boris Baidoo, in an interview with 3News, noted that plans are underway to petition the President as the new development will not “augur well for the poultry industry,” especially in this COVID-19 era. The Ashanti Regional Poultry Farmers Association has indicated plans to meet President Akufo-Addo on Friday, April 16, 2021, to table their grievance. Schools can buy eggs if they so wish, in addition to the mackerel supplied by NAFCO,” said the CEO of the NAFCO, Alhaji Hanan Abdul-Wahab.

Source: GhanaWeb April 13, 2021 10:23 UTC