The Central Regional Fishermen and Fishmongers Association (CEFFA), has said members of the dissolved National Premix and Landing Beach Committees must be investigated.
[contextly_sidebar id=”uaXq5OrT7JO9HFA8peKpGHrO7YveAE9M”]The Association has therefore called for a forensic audit into their respective accounts.
According to CEFFA, the members served the interest of the nation, and are therefore entitled to render accounts to the people they served.
The Chairman of the Association, Felix Kofi Adams, at a press conference at Elmina said there were some members of the premix committee who had not rendered any account to any one for almost three years, adding, “they must not be allowed to walk about freely without being audited.”
He alleged that some members of the former premix committee were lobbying fervently with fish and money to get the nod to serve on the committee again and thus appealed to the President not to include any old member of the premix committee in the new one to be reconstituted
He further indicated that the fishermen who demonstrated in Accra and demanded the removal of the Fisheries Minister were not fishermen.
Adams narrated that the Regional Minister met with all the chief fishermen and informed them about the recent happenings leading to the dissolution of the National Premix and Landing Beach Committees.
The fishermen therefore, appealed to the President to make the Regional Ministers and the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) the interim managers of the Committees to ensure the supply of the fuel is not interrupted.
They however, commended the President and the Fisheries Minister, for dissolving the Premix and Landing Beach Committees.
Source: GNA