The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has revealed that President John Dramani Mahama has allocated over GH¢101 million to senior high schools across Ghana to address the ongoing food shortages.This decision follows concerns raised by the Conference of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) regarding insufficient food supplies in schools nationwide.

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To mitigate the issue, the President instructed that food provisions originally set aside for drought-stricken farmers in northern Ghana be redirected to the schools.During a debate on the second batch of ministerial nominees, Ayariga reiterated the government’s commitment to resolving challenges within the education sector.

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“The President, John Damani Mahama, has already transferred over GH¢101 million to the secondary schools to deal with the purchases that he is talking about. I can show you evidence of the transfer that His Excellency the President is dealing with the issues in secondary schools.

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“He has directed that food that we had purchased to deal with some other problem but because of the emergency involving secondary education, he has directed that the rice and the maize be distributed to them.“So the schools don’t have a problem with food. They have enough food.

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And then in addition to distributing the food to the secondary schools, he has made direct transfers to secondary schools so that they can purchase ingredients that they need to provide food for the students. So we have started implementing the promises.”

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