The government lied; no caterer has received payment – School Feeding Caterers
Caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Program continue their tussle with the government as they debunked claims that the government has released funds to caterers in five regions.
This comes on the back of information gathered that the government has settled payments to caterers in five regions.
On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, the caterers embarked on a protest in Accra to register their displeasure over the government’s failure to pay them their arrears and increase their feeding grants.
President of the Greater Accra School Feeding Caterers Association, Juliana Cudjoe during an interview with Accra Citi FM said no form of payment has come to her attention.
”I am not aware of any form of payment made by the government. No caterer in any of the regions has been paid. Government should come again.”
The school feeding program is an initiative of the comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme Pillar 3, which strives to enhance food security and reduce hunger in line with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (MDGs) on hunger, poverty and malnutrition.
Currently, the government provides 93 pesewas for a child per day for a plate of food. The amount is considered inadequate to provide an adequate and healthy diet for child development.
