Accra, Mar. 03, GNA – The Government has announced the suspension of the expansion of the School Feeding Programme to allow debts owed caterers to be cleared.
This was revealed by Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Caretaker Minister, Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection on the floor of Parliament.
The Minister’s declaration was in a response to Mr Albert Tetteh Nyarkotey, the Member of Parliament for Yilo Krobo’s question on when the programme would be extended to some schools within his constituency.
“Mr Speaker, currently the expansion of the programme is on hold. We are clearing all arrears of caterers and putting in place measures to ensure effective and efficient service delivery to all beneficiary schools as well as the caterers. We are also putting in place a management information system to enhance e efficiency and effectiveness of the system. We shall surely inform this august House when we are ready to expand the programme to cover additional schools,” Madam Dapaah said.
In December last year, the Caretaker Minister reassured that the remaining arrears owed to caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) would soon be settled.
She added that all the necessary data and figures had been worked on and submitted to the Controller and Accountant General for the release of funds to pay the caterers.
Madam Dapaah said this when she answered questions when the Ministry took its turn at the Ministry of Information Minister’s Press Briefing in Accra on December 5 2021.
“When it comes to the School Feeding payment, we have a lot of arrears to pay. We know the figure, we have put in and it’s at the Controller…so very soon we hope to get it,” she said.
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