Coffin makers in Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Bono Region have called for government support to stay in business, as public demand for coffin in the area increased.
They are unhappy that coffin makers from neighboring Burkina Faso had taken over the domestic market, thereby collapsing their trade, and called for government intervention and support to sustain them in business.
“The Burkinabes pay high price to wood processors who also prefer selling the rough cut to them because we don’t have enough money to buy the lumber at that exorbitant cost”, Mr Richard Dinpa, the Chairman of Dormaa Carpenters Association, told Ark FM
“Wood processors prefer selling their products to the Burkinabes and this is seriously affecting and collapsing our businesses.
“The business is good nowadays and we appeal to the government to support us financially so that we can stay in business amid the keen competition and also export some of our caskets as well”, he said.
Mr Dinpa said export for the locally made casket would greatly enhance the nation’s foreign income earnings because international demand for casket remained higher as well.
“In fact access to the wood is a major factor affecting the growth of our businesses. The Burkinabes have taken over the domestic wood market because they are ever ready to buy lumber at any price which we cannot afford to do so”, Mr Dinpa lamented.
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