Scores of villagers have stormed the DC’s office in Dedza this morning demanding answers for why government is taking long to address the challenges that dogging the Agriculture inputs program (AIP).
The villagers say they have spend over six days in selling depots to buy fertilizer but in vain.
The angry villagers are from the area of Traditional Authority Kusumbu in the district.
Sheikh Hassan Kazembe, one of the distruntled villagers, told Zodiak Online that no single selling depot was opened in T/A Kasumbu such that the villagers are traveling long distance to Dedza Boma where they are spending nights sleeping in Depots without buying the fertilizer.
Yesterday, some of the villagers were addimited to Dedza district hospital after they collapsed on the queue.
Spokesperson for Dedza district council, Yohane Bilesi, has acknowledged the situation of the villagers saying some companies that contracted to sale inputs run out of fertilizer and are working to replenish.