School Feeding caterers to receive payment next week; 11,052 caterers cleared – Gender Minister
The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, says Caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme will receive payments of their arrears for the third term of the 2022 academic year by next week. She said her Ministry together with the Ministry of Finance as of April 2023, had paid all arrears […]
Stop threatening Caterers – Otiko Djaba to School Feeding Secretariat
By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong Former National Women’s Organizer and Gender and Social Protection Minister of Ghana under the Akufo-Addo government, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba, has issued a word of caution to the Secretariat of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, to desist from threatening the Caterers who are employed under the policy. “…when you owe somebody […]
School feeding caterers lay down tools over unpaid arrears
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH Caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have declared a nationwide strike following the government’s failure to pay them their arrears and increase the amount per child. The aggrieved caterers drawn from various regions across the country who converged in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, stressed that laying down their tools […]
Probe allegations of underpayment – School Feeding caterers tell government
A member of the Ashanti Regional School Feeding caterers, Dorothy Ofori Sarpong has alleged underpayment of school feeding caterers and called for an investigation. According to Madam Dorothy Ofori Sarpong, they cooked for the students during the Covid-19 era but they have since not been paid even though the government has released funds for their […]
No immediate solution to strike by School Feeding Caterers
Reports reaching GBC news indicate that there seems to be no immediate solution to the strike by Caterers of the School Feeding Programme. A visit by GBC News to some schools in the capital indicated that the Caterers have still not reported back to duty. At Adabraka, in Accra GBC Correspondent reports that Caterers designated […]
School Feeding Caterers to quit if grant not increased from 97 pesewas to GHC2; To meet Govt Monday, May 16
The National School Feeding Caterers Association is demanding a 300% increase in the school feeding grants following increases in prices of food items. The Caterers told journalists in Accra that they are dissatisfied with the current charge of 97 pesewas per plate which they say, is making it extremely difficult for them to continue cooking […]
