Buffer Stock

Food supplies to the National Buffer Stock Company Limited (GBSCL) reached a total value of GH2.7billion between 2017 and 2022, Minister of Food and Agriculture Bryan Acheampong has disclosed. The minister made this known when he appeared before parliament in Accra following a summons by the Speaker of parliament, over some GH¢203million owed food suppliers that resulted in weeks-long picketing at the company’s premises by suppliers. “Since 2017, Buffer Stock has done great business with suppliers to the tune of GH¢2.7billion,” he said. Breaking down the figures, he said on annual basis GH¢81.1million was purchased by Buffer Stock in 2017; GH¢296 million…