UK Fertilizer Company Stole K30 Billion AIP Money
The Agriculture committee of Parliament has alleged that a sum of 30 billion Kwacha meant for Affordable Input Program has vanished at the ministry of Agriculture, as there is no clear sight to this year’s Input Program.
Sameer Suleman, Chairperson of the Committee on Tuesday, said the committee is well informed that the ministry has been duped through a dubious deal with a United Kingdom fertilizer company.
Suleman said is it sad that the ministry has decided to be quite on the matter, despite being questioned.
Suleman said it is unfortunate, that people have already started preparing their fields without any hope of fertilizer as the country doesn’t even know how much fertilizer has been brought in from the 109 billion kwacha that was allocated for AIP.
Meanwhile, the co...