The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has announced that caterers who are owed second term arrears would soon be paid.
According to the School Feeding Programme, the Controller and Accountant General has been directed to mobilise funds to defray any outstanding arrears accrued from the second term for 2020/2021 academic year.
In a November 30, 2021 statement, the GSFP stated that “the Ministry of Finance has released the warrant to the Controller and Accountant General to mobilise funds to defray the second term arrears for 2020/2021 academic year”.
The statement further read that all relevant data for the payment of the second term arrears to caterers is complete.
“Work on the caterers’ payment file and all relevant data for the payment of the second term arrears is complete, and awaiting the transfer of funds by the Controller and Accountant General to the Ministry of Gender’s account with the Bank of Ghana for onward disbursement to caterers”.
Head of Public Relations for the GSFP, Siiba Alfa, noted that management is also making frantic effort to ensure that all other arrears due caterers are settled accordingly.
The Ghana School Feeding Programme finally commended all caterers nationwide for their patience over the delay in the payment of their second term arrears.
Mr. Siiba Alfa reiterated the commitment of management of GSFP that all efforts would be made to ensure that arrears due all caterers are paid accordingly.
