The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has questioned the ruling government's decision to supply students in high schools with imported rice from India instead of supporting locally produced rice from Ghana.
In an interview on the JoyNews AM Show monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Okudzeto raised concerns about the so-called "Moshosho rice," which, according to him, was manufactured in India, contrary to claims that it was locally produced.
He further stated that the rice had expired, adding to the controversy.
He also expressed his dismay over the current state of the local rice industry, particularly highlighting a rice factory in the Volta Region that has been dormant for the past two years. "I have been asking why we import rice from India to feed our children in school when we have local alternatives," he said. "There is a rice factory in the Volta Region that has been closed for two years.