The Northern Regional Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has accused the government of being insensitive to students.
This is in the wake of governmentâs delay in the payment of 12 weeksâ funds for perishables in various Senior High Schools (SHS).
Speaking in an interview with Accra-based Citi News, Reverend Edward Azeka Williams lamented the threats by many food suppliers to suspend supplies to schools over non-payment.
âWe are currently living on the benevolence of some of the suppliers. Government said we should give them two days and that they are working on it. They had earlier promised to get us the money two weeks ago.
âThis is very insensitive on the part of government. How do you abandon these students for about 11 weeks and claim you are processing to get the funds?â he asked.
According to him, the funds promised by the government have yet to be deposited into their accounts.
âAs of now, monies are in arrears. Some schools are now in their 12th week and still havenât received any money. Some suppliers have even stopped supplying.
âIn my school, for instance, the egg supplier has stopped, the meat supplier has threatened to stop supplying, and the firewood supplier stormed our school, and we had to find something for him,â he said.