Appoint new service providers in Covid-19-relief fund voucher system says #NERPO

The National Emergent Redmeat Producers Organisation (NERPO) insists urgent intervention by the minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, regarding the failure of some governme​nt suppliers to distribute inputs to farmers. This is part of the departments Covid-19 agriculture relief fund of more than R1.2 billion in which a voucher system was put in place for farmers who qualified for the relief. Aggrey Mahanjana, group managing director of NERPO, says it is almost three months since these relief vouchers were issued to farmers for the collection of inputs, but some of the farmers are still idling with the vouchers. OFM News' Christal-Lize Muller spoke to Mahanjana...