The National Secretariat of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) and the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) have cautioned some Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives and GSFP Regional Coordinators across the country to quit unilaterally reallocating new caterers to beneficiary schools in their respective assemblies.

"We wish to state emphatically that management of GSFP and MoGCSP have not sanctioned or approved reallocation of beneficiary schools to any caterer or group of caterers for this new academic year.

"We reiterate that we have not authorized or engaged in any arrangement with any assembly, party executives and Regional Coordinators to reallocate or change schools for caterers for the 2020/2021 academic year," the statement warned.

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"We, therefore, directed and cautioned all caterers nationwide not to get themselves involved in any arrangement purporting to reallocate them schools. As schools reopen for the commencement of 2020/ 2021academic year, all GSFP caterers must continue to cook for the schools they have been originally allocated to serve per their contract."

The statement continued that the caterers who do not adhere to these directives and proceed to cook for new schools other than the ones originally assigned them; do so at this own risk, GSFP would not pay any caterer for any unauthorized service rendered.

The statement noted that it is pertinent to note that, it is only the GSFP National Secretariat, which has the sole mandate and authority to allocate and reallocate beneficiary schools.

The statement called on all involved in this unlawful act to desist from it, as the practice would undermine the successful implementation and sustainability of the programme.

Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater Accra Regional Chief Correspondent