The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof.
Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, has condemned the government for knowingly supplying expired rice to feed students in senior high schools. The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Hon.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, blew the cover on the government's feeding of students in senior high schools with expired rice, after it was rebagged and the expiry date extended. Addressing the chiefs and people of Sorbelle in the Sissala West Constituency as part of her campaign tour of the Upper West Region, Prof.
Opoku-Agyemang described the scandal as shameful and insensitive. She wondered why the government would supply schools with expired rice knowing very well that it is unwholesome for consumption. Prof.