The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has promised caterers on the programme that government will pay the second term arrears soon.
In a statement, the leadership of the School Feeding Programme (GSFP) revealed that the Ministry of Finance has released the warrant to the Controller and Accountant General to mobilise funds to defray the second term arrears for 2020/2021 academic year.
According to the statement, work on the caterers’ payment file and all relevant data for the payment of the second term arrears is complete.
It added the the leadership is awaiting the transfer of funds by the Controller and Accountant General to the Ministry of Gender’s account with the Bank of Ghana for onward disbursement to the caterers.
“Management is also making frantic effort to ensure that all other arrears due caterers are settled accordingly.”
“The Ghana School Feeding Programme would want to commend all our Caterers nationwide for their patience over the delay in the payment of their second term arrears.”
“We want to reiterate the commitment of management of GSFP that all efforts would be made to ensure that arrears due all caterers are paid accordingly,” excepts of the statement said.
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Read full statement below:
The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) wishes to inform all Caterers that the Ministry of Finance has released the warrant to the Controller and Accountant General to mobilise funds to defray the second term arrears for 2020/2021 academic year.
Work on the caterers’ payment file and all relevant data for the payment of the second term arrears is complete, and awaiting the transfer of funds by the Controller and Accountant General to the Ministry of Gender’s account with the Bank of Ghana for onward disbursement to caterers.
Management is also making frantic effort to ensure that all other arrears due caterers are settled accordingly.
The Ghana School Feeding Programme would want to commend all our Caterers nationwide for their patience over the delay in the payment of their second term arrears.
We want to reiterate the commitment of management of GSFP that all efforts would be made to ensure that arrears due all caterers are paid accordingly.
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