By Amoako Kwame
The Greater Accra Regional Coordinator for the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Jessica Patience Braimah, has appealed to the government to increase the school feeding grant from the current GH¢2 to GH¢5.
This comes amid growing concerns about the adequacy of the GH¢2 allocation, with many stakeholders calling for an upward review to reflect the rising cost of food items.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Ghana School Feeding training programme, Ms Braimah underscored the need for the increase to GH¢5.
“We have started training programmes for caterers to use more nutritious methods in cooking for the children, but we face challenges in mobilising resources to train them. These and many other issues mean the government should increase the school feeding grant to GH¢5,” she stated.
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, on September 4 also indicated that the current feeding grant for basic school pupils under the Ghana School Feeding Programme could increase from GH¢2 to GH¢5 per child if the economy continues to improve.
