Thieves have allegedly broken into the warehouse of the Techiman Metropolitan Department of Agriculture and made away with about 9,8603 bags of rice and quantities of fertilisers.
The 2.5kg bags of rice and the quantities of fertilisers comprising 4,447 5kg bags of MP4 fertilisers and 3,150 5kg bags of Urea fertilisers were allegedly stolen from the warehouse a week after the December 7 General Election.
Madam Grace Obeng Amenya, the Techiman Metropolitan Officer in charge of Stock at the Techiman Metro Department of Agriculture, disclosed this in an interview at Techiman and added that the items were to be distributed to some drought-affected farmers in the area.
“We received the items a week before the General Elections and to be given to some drought affected farmers, however just before the elections we received a call that some unknown people have besieged the warehouse and made away with the items”.
They broke the original padlocks and replaced them with new ones after Madam Amenya stated saying the incident had since been reported to the police.
She said a regional investigative team was set up to probe the incident, saying that when the team broke into the warehouse, it was discovered that the items were stolen.
Mr Stephen Aidoo, the Techiman Metropolitan Director of the Department of Agriculture, also confirmed the incident and added that investigations were ongoing; however, no arrest had been made so far.
