Government has been accused of feeding Senior High School Students more than 300,000 Bags of maggot-infested rice according to the Minority in parliament.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Akatsi North, Peter Nortsu-Kotoe, who is the minority spokesperson on education said the maggot-infested was imported in the country from India was kept in a warehouse since 2021.
The maggot-infested bags of rice were distributed to Senior High Schools across the country despite the clear danger it posed to health, he claimed.
According to him, the rice was locked up since 2021 due to the inability of the importer to duty but somehow the rice later found it’s way to Senior High Schools when it had allegedly developed maggots.
The Minority Education Spokesman revealed this during the 2024 budget statement on Thursday, November 23, 2023.
“Mr. Speaker, as we speak now, there is some rice in the system that has been supplied to Senior High Schools. They call it Lamens, from India. This rice, Mr. Speaker, is maggot-infested,” he alleged.
“When it was imported in 2021, the suppliers or the importers did not pay for the duty on the rice, so it had to be stored in a warehouse. Now they have nicodemusly gone to remove this rice and have distribute them to the Senior High Schools, about 5,000 metric tonnes, which is over 300,000 bags of rice.” he explained.
He added: “The rice is about to expire. A few weeks to expire, they have now distributed them to the Senior High Schools in the country and that is what they are feeding our children with…. Mr. Speaker, this is so serious that we must look at it carefully. Our children, if we don’t take care, when they come back home, they are going to suffer diarrhea and other forms of diseases.”
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