The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has justified his proposal to cancel the supply of food items to Senior High Schools by the National Food Buffer Stock company as part of his plans to review the Free SHS policy.
This follows a recent allegation by North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa of the distribution of 22,000 bags of expired and repackaged rice to SHSs nationwide in February this year.
Ablakwa during a media interaction on Thursday claimed that the National Food Buffer Stock company conspired with an entity known as Lamens Investments Africa Limited to carry out the purported distribution.
Addressing a gathering at Asawinso as part of his Western North region campaign, John Mahama made a case for the decentralisation of food supply in senior high schools.
“When we come into power, we will not go and purchase foodstuffs for the schools. We will rather give the funds for the Free SHS to the various headmasters. They will go and purchase the foodstuffs themselves from the market”, he stated.
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By: Fauzu Masawudu
