The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama has disbursed over GH¢101 million to senior high schools across Ghana to address food shortages.
This intervention follows concerns raised by the Conference of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) over the lack of food in schools nationwide.
In response, the President directed that food supplies initially intended for farmers affected by drought in northern Ghana be diverted to schools to alleviate the situation.
Contributing to a debate on the report of the second batch of ministerial nominees, the Bawku Central MP reiterated the government’s commitment to resolving challenges in the education sector.
“The President, John Damani Mahama, has already transferred over GH¢101 million to the secondary schools to deal with the purchases that he is talking about. I can show you evidence of the transfer that His Excellency the President is dealing with the issues in secondary schools.
“He has directed that food that we had purchased to deal with some other problem but because of the emergency involving secondary education, he has directed that the rice and the maize be distributed to them.
“So the schools don’t have a problem with food. They have enough food. And then in addition to distributing the food to the secondary schools, he has made direct transfers to secondary schools so that they can purchase ingredients that they need to provide food for the students. So we have started implementing the promises.”
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