By Richard Dankwa:
The Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF) has issued a categorical denial that none of its members has received grants from the Export Development and Agricultural Investment Fund to revamp their farms.
Subsequently, the association has challenged EDAIF to publish the names of beneficiaries of the Gh c 7.7 million it claims to have disbursed to the poultry farmers in the country as grants.
Mr. Napoleon Agyemang Oduro who is the Vice Chairman of the Association speaking to Rite FM news explained that Gh c 35.45 million which was to be disbursed to the association has not been seen or utilized by the farmers, adding however that some individuals may have gone for some payment but not on behalf of the poultry association as EDIAF claimed.
The government in 2013 indicated that it had initiated an intervention to revamp the poultry sector.
Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, the then Minister of Trade and Industry who signed the correspondence to GNAPF said that by the last quarter of 2014, there would be a stimulus support for the production of poultry to facilitate the economic development of the country, the cost for which was estimated at Gh c 29.54 million.
Source: ritefmonline.org
