Indexing government scandals one at a time
About GH¢2.3 million has been overpaid to caterers under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP). The figure was captured in the performance audit conducted by the Auditor-General on the management of the project.
The Auditor-General carried out the audit from August to October 2022 at the GSFP National Secretariat in Accra, Ashanti, Eastern, Greater Accra, Upper East, and Western Regional offices.
The audit covered the period from 2017 to 2022. It was also uncovered that the food served by the cooks was not adequate to sustain the pupils through the instructional period or school day.
Wrongful payments were also made to caterers who were not under contract for the programme to the tune of GH¢274,235.29.
The national secretariat of the feeding programme also failed to retrieve an outstanding amount of GH¢831,776.00 realised from the sale of the Caterer Application Forms.
July 16, 2024
References: