The Ghana School Feeding Programme has urged all caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) across the 16 regions of Ghana to start providing catering services for their respective beneficiary schools on Tuesday 7th, September 2021.
The GSFP encouraged the caterers to put up good performance throughout the term to ensure that the beneficiary pupils are fed with the right quality and quantity of meal within the 67 school going days.
“Caterers should strictly observe the COVID-19 protocol in line with Government’s directive to mitigate the spread of the pandemic,” GSFP stated.
It added that, “We take this opportunity to congratulate all caterers for their endurance, patience and dedication towards their work; and we welcome all our 3,448, 065 beneficiary pupils and the caterers into the 3rd term of 2021.”
The GSFP also expressed appreciation to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the release of funds to settle the 1st term arrears of its Caterers.
It however called on Government to critically consider and approve its request for upward adjustment in the feeding grant per child to cushion the caterers in their work.
In other news: SEND Ghana unhappy with Gov’t LEAP arrears
SEND Ghana has expressed disappointment in government’s consistent delays in paying cash grants to households depending on the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Programme (LEAP).
It observed a trend in providing two-cycle payments, which is often occasioned by the late release of funds, saying that the latter is contrary to the established norm of paying beneficiaries bi-monthly.
The NGO which noted that in recent times, funding for LEAP payments has become irregular and unpredictable said, “This development is eroding public confidence in the effectiveness of the LEAP to eradicate poverty and address inequality.”
SEND Ghana also asserted that the delay in payments of the cash grants is a derision of the country’s quest to attain Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2 and 10 in particular.
It therefore urged the government to depart from this deviation to safeguard the financial liberties of the poor and vulnerable people who are depending on the cash transfer programme.
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