Gov’t releases GHc88M to pay caterers of school feeding A sum of GHc88 million has been released to pay Caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have been boosted following a move by government to clear arrears owed them for the first term of the 2017/18 academic year.
A sum of GHc88 million has been released to pay arrears owed the caterers from September to December 2017.
This was revealed by the Coordinator for the Ghana School Feeding Programme and Social Protection, Dr. Kwame Adu-Nsiah during an interview with Dickson Boadi Of Dailyviewgh.com
According to her, government is committed to ensuring that meals provided for pupils remain on schedule
In addition, each student under the School Feeding Programme will be provided with cocoa drinks to supplement their meals.
The National Coordinator added that the current 80 pesewas per head has also been increased to one
“Finally, the Minister of Finance has released GHS 88million for the caterers for September to December,” Dr Kwame Adu-Nsiah said.
Dr Adu-Nsiah explained that the arrears had been delayed due to a huge debt inherited by her administration.
He was, however, quick to add that government will do its best to ensure that the next payment comes on time.
Source: Dickson Boadi // www.dailyviewgh.com / Ghana
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