We’ll instil discipline in School Feeding Programme – National Coordinator

The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Gertrude Quarshigah, has explained that most of the caterers experiencing challenges with the payment of their allowances are not recognised by the Secretariat.

According to her, some of the caterers did not use the right channels to join the programme, hence the challenges they faced with payment.

They have also demanded that the feeding grant be increased from the current 97 pesewas per child.

At a media engagement, the National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, Gertrude Quashigah, listed the regions that have been paid so far and said they are working to get the remaining regions paid.

Recently the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, emphasised the need for challenges with the national school feeding programme to be quickly resolved.

In recent times, there has been a running battle between caterers of the programme and authorities over the cost of feeding per student.

In a bid to resolve the challenge, the Speaker paid a surprise visit to the National Buffer Stock Company and the National School Feeding Programme.