The government has promised to distribute funds for food supplies to Senior High School (SHS) students, with the General Secretary of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Primus Baro, announcing that the government has committed to releasing food stocks to SHS students by January 17, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Baro emphasized that the situation is urgent and requires immediate attention from the government. He explained that the allocated funds will only cover 31 days of feeding, as per President Mahama’s directive. The government’s effort to supply food to SHS students was a key topic of discussion during a meeting between CHASS and government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interestingly, the government had initially set aside food stocks for individuals affected by last year’s food scarcity in the northern region, but has now redirected these supplies to schools in need. The food items, comprising 18 different types, are currently stored at the Tema port warehouse. However, with only two types of stock remaining, the government is making new arrangements to supply food to both high schools and day schools by the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It’s worth noting that the government has invested significantly in food supplies for SHS students, with reports indicating that approximately GH\u00a22.7 billion has been spent on Free SHS food supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Government Commits to Food Supplies for SHS Students Amid Urgent Need<\/p>\n
The government has promised to distribute funds for food supplies to Senior High School (SHS) students, with the General Secretary of the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS), Primus Baro, announcing that the government has committed to releasing food stocks to SHS students by January 17, 2025.<\/p>\n
Baro emphasized that the situation is urgent and requires immediate attention from the government. He explained that the allocated funds will only cover 31 days of feeding, as per President Mahama’s directive. The government’s effort to supply food to SHS students was a key topic of discussion during a meeting between CHASS and government officials.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, the government had initially set aside food stocks for individuals affected by last year’s food scarcity in the northern region, but has now redirected these supplies to schools in need. The food items, comprising 18 different types, are currently stored at the Tema port warehouse. However, with only two types of stock remaining, the government is making new arrangements to supply food to both high schools and day schools by the end of the week.<\/p>\n
It’s worth noting that the government has invested significantly in food supplies for SHS students, with reports indicating that approximately GH\u00a22.7 billion has been spent on Free SHS food supplies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4627,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions\/4627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}