President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s perspective about issues related to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region may be compromised due to reports he is fed by the party’s Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairmen Wontumi. This is according to Akwasi Nti, a former chairman of the …
Read More »The National Coordinator of the School Feeding Programme Reported Dead
The National Coordinator of the School Feed Programme, Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah, has passed on according to the information gathered. She reportedly died on Sunday, November 12, 2023. She was Born on February 1, 1960, in Dzelukope, Keta, in the Volta Region, Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah who held the position …
Read More »Stop telling men you are hungry, are we doing school feeding? – Chief chastises women
The Gyaasehene of the New Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Twumasi Dankwa, has called on Ghanaian women to learn to be more dependent. Speaking at the Women Icons Regional Exhibition in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, organized by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEP), on June 2, 2023, the chief lamented …
Read More »‘One dead, another gone blind – School feeding caterer reveals effects of economic hardship on colleagues
Dorothy Ofori Sarpong, the leader of the school feeding caterers, has revealed the dire consequences faced by some of the caterers under the programme due to debts, resulting in a few even fleeing their homes to escape their creditors. She revealed that the distressing situation has led to one person …
Read More »School feeding caterers declare nationwide strike over unpaid arrears
Caterers under the School Feeding Programme have declared a nationwide strike following the government’s failure to pay them their arrears and increase the amount per child. The aggrieved caterers drawn from various regions across the country who converged in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi stressed that laying down their tools …
Read More »Government releases feeding funds to Buffer Stock Company, SHSs
The government has said it has released funds to the National Food Buffer Stock Company and the Senior High and TVET Schools across the country for feeding. In a statement, the government said GH¢126,000,000 had been released to the National Food Buffer Stock Company for non-perishable food items. GH¢72,106,603 was …
Read More »School feeding meals lack nutrients – Nutritionist
A professor of public health nutrition at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Francis Zotor, has expressed worry over the poor meals given to students under the National School Feeding Programme. According to him, most of the food served to the pupils is nutritionally deficient, a situation he lamented …
Read More »VIDEO: Thieves steal feeding items from Adansi Asokwa Primary School
Thieves have for the second time in eight days raided the Adansi Asokwa Primary School in the Ashanti Region and bolted with feeding items. A distraught caterer, who spoke to Adom News’ Isaac K. Normanyo, narrated they came to school on Monday morning to cook for the pupils. However, upon arrival, they …
Read More »Finance Ministry yet to approve ¢5-per-inmate feeding fee for prisons
The Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, has said attempts to increase inmates’ feeding fee to ¢5 have been delayed by the Finance Ministry. Addressing Parliament on the state of prisons in the country, he said the Finance Ministry’s approval has lingered despite all necessary steps taken to get the increment approved. …
Read More »‘0-1-0’ feeding tactics: Sam George narrates how young men are feeding amid high cost of living
Ningo Prampram Member of Parliament, Sam Nartey George, has expressed his bafflement at the method of feeding adopted by young men in the country in other to stay afloat in the wake of the high cost of living. Speaking on Metro TV’s ‘Good Morning Ghana’ programme on June 14, the lawmaker claimed …
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