I feel threatened by the Minister of Agriculture – Spokesperson of Buffer food suppliers.

A spokesperson for the National Food Suppliers Association Koku Amedume has revealed to Johnnie Hughes on 3FM Sunrise Morning Show that he feels threatened by the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong.

In an encounter with Food Suppliers who were picketing at the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) to demand two years’ arrears owed them by NAFCO, the Minister said Koku Amedume was not part of the food suppliers and that he had just suddenly joined the aggrieved suppliers because of politics and questioned him whether he was a lawyer.

“You are a law student. Thank you” Bryan Acheampong said, touching Amedume’s chest and turning away.

This gesture by the minister has been interpreted by many that witnessed the encounter or have seen the video of the incident as a subtle threat. Koku Amedume who is a law student seeking to enroll at the Ghana School of Law for his part 1 and part 2 professional law training confessed to Johnnie Hughes that he feels his quest to become a lawyer is at stake considering the minister’s gestures and pronouncement.

“I feel threatened. I feel that he has something under his sleeves to do” he said.

He also explained that the picketing suppliers left the picketing ground not because they believed in the assurance the minister gave. “We thought that we have created an awareness of the situation. Some of our members who came for the picketing were old and came from far so after picketing for a few days and making our situation known we thought it was time to leave. At least everybody bears witness that the minister has promised to pay us by 17 July”.

When asked how the unpaid suppliers are surviving, the spokesperson said “our members are not surviving, they are almost dying. Most of them are breadwinners of their families and are finding things difficult.

By Richard Koomson| mediacentralonline.info |Ghana
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