Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has criticisied the Ministry of Education, accusing the entity of deceiving Ghanaians by saying it will investigate the alleged distribution of expired bags of rice to secondary school students.
After the MP's expose on Wednesday, November 13 2024, where he claimed that approximately 22,000 bags of expired rice were repackaged and distributed to Senior High Schools nationwide, the Ministry responded on November 14 indicating that it will investigate the matter.
However, the lawmaker says the Ministry got wind of the matter since January after the Deputy Education Minister, Ntim Fordjour was briefed on the issue but refused to act.
Speaking on TV3' News Central, Okudzeto Ablakwa questioned the rationale behind the Ministry's decision to now investigate the matter when it could have done that earlier to prevent the distribution of the expired rice.