Fisher folks and commercial
boats owners in Dzemeni, a fishing community along the Volta Lake in the South
Dayi district of the Volta region, have resolved to dock their boats and nets
in an indefinite strike action, Tuesday.
The action, according to
David Gbetey, Secretary of the Inland Fishermen and Boat Union at Dzemeni is to
protest the perennial shortage of pre mix fuel for their operations.
Mr. Gbetey said the
community use to receive two tankers of premix fuel every week, but alleged
that a directive from the District Chief Executive Kafui Bekui, one tanker have
been diverted to another station.
The situation, he said has brought
untoward hardship onto boat operators, who are running at a lost, as middlemen
popularly referred to as ‘magomago’ take advantage to sell the product to them
at exorbitant prices, compelling them to resort to the use of ‘super’, to power
the boats.
He also disclose that a
letter sent to the DCE to notify him about the union’s earlier decision to
embark on a demonstration was not responded to, hence the resolve to go on
strike.
