School Feeding Caterers Call For Increment In Feeding Grants

The National School Feeding Caterers Association is demanding an increment in the school Feeding Grants following the skyrocketing prices of food items. Caterers say food prices have increased multiple times, but the Government still pays 97 pesewas per plate, making it extremely difficult for them to continue cooking for the

pupils and students in various schools. Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the Public Relations officer for the National School Feeding Caterers Association, Adizetu Amanuah Ankrah called on the President Akufo-Addo to instruct the appropriate authorities to address their concerns immediately. She also decried the lack of

communication on the matter. Are we going to get the increment or not? Or they are on it? We want to know. We want them to tell us something. They should also come out and tell us all something. Adizetu Amanuah Ankrah, however, said they all expected a positive response from government. That [there won’t be any increment] is what

we don’t also want to hear. So we are pleading with Nana Akufo-Addo to come to our aid. He is our father, she also said. Ghana School Feeding Programme is an initiative of the comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme Pillar 3. It seeks to enhance food security and reduce hunger in line with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals on hunger, poverty, and malnutrition.