Over 10,000 bags of government-subsidized fertilizer for farmers in the Upper West Region have reportedly disappeared.
The bags, meant for distribution for farmers in the Sissala East and Sissala West constituencies have allegedly been diverted to the Brong Ahafo Region, where they are being sold to farmers there for profit.
Some reports also indicated that the fertilizers were sold out to individuals who were hoarding the commodity with the intention of selling it out later in the open market at a higher price during the peak farming season.
“Farmers are complaining that they have not received the fertilizers but agents of Yara Company which brought the fertilizers to the region specified that all the fertilizers have been distributed to the farmers”, Mr Amidu Chinnia Issahaku, Deputy Upper West Region Minister said.
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