Gov't takes delivery of outboard motors for fishermen

The Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, Mr Reginald Nii Ayiebonte on Tuesday said that the government has taken delivery of 1000 outboard motors for distribution to fishermen as part of effort to resuscitate the fishing industry.

Nii Ayiebonte, who is also the chairman of the national pre-mix committee said this at the inauguration of 105 pre-mix committee members from 21 landing beaches in the Central Region at Cape Coast.

Elmina and Apam did not have their committees inaugurated due to chieftaincy disputes in the two towns which had made organisation very difficult.

He said the government would continue to subsidies pre-mix petrol as an incentive to both fishermen and farmers to enable them increase productivity.

Nii Ayiebonte noted that, there is too much suspicion in the pre-mix business and expressed concern about numerous unanimous letter about members of the pre-mix committees and urged those involved in that habit to change their nefarious attitude.

He told members of the committees, made up of four elected and one government appointee to pay back stocks supply made to them on credit bases by the oil companies to avoid collapse of their business.

The Central Regional Minister, Mr Isaac Edumadze told members of the committees to stop diverting their supply and ensure open administration to avoid suspicion and misunderstanding.

The Regional Minister said the government appreciates the good work done by fishermen and that was why it awarded them annually and urged them to reciprocate this by supporting it.

He urged them to ensure environmental cleanliness at the beaches and their homes to avoid outbreak of diseases.

Mr Mustapha Mohamed, Central Regional co-ordinator of pre-mix committees appealed to communities where there were disputes to resolve them for their committees to be inaugurated.

He asked members of the committees to work hard to improve the lot of their people, saying that the regional coordinating committee had adopted stringent measures to avoid misuse of funds.