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Gov't accused of collapsing fishing industry
Mr. Kobina Baidoo, one of the two representatives of the fishermen who addressed the NPP leader said over the last seven years, price of an outboard motor has increased drastically.
Kobina Baidoo
Mr. Kobina Baidoo, one of the two representatives of the fishermen who addressed the NPP leader said over the last seven years, prices of outboard motors has increased drastically.
“When President Rawlings left office, the price of an outboard motor was GH¢1,600, and by the time President Kufuor left office the price was GH¢2,950. Under President Mahama, the price of an outboard is now GH¢12,000,” he recounted.
“A gallon of premix fuel under President Rawlings sold for GH¢0.40p and increased to GH¢1.80 when President Kufuor left office. The price under President Mahama is now GH¢7.30 a gallon,” Baidoo said.
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He added that even at the current premix price, fishermen do not get the premix to buy. He further alleged that government "only distributes it to cronies, NDC constituency executives and NDC members”.
The Chief fisherman of Aboadze, Nana Adams, on his part complained about the activities of pair trawlers. He accused the vice president Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur of importing 20 trawlers into the country.
“The issue of pair trawlers is destroying the industry. I am reliably told that officialdom own most of these trawlers. Indeed, I can say for a fact that the Vice President is importing 20 trawlers into the country. Whilst we are struggling to rid our seas of pair trawlers, the Vice President is bringing in more. Over-fishing is what is destroying our seas and our fishing stocks,” he said.
“Because the industry has collapsed, we don’t even have a cold store in Elmina. We don’t even get fish, let alone send them to cold stores for storage. This government has deliberately collapsed the fishing industry, he added.
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