The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned the Ghana National Buffer Stock Company and the Free Senior High School (FSHS) Secretariat to address a food supply shortfall at Amenfiman Senior High School.
During investigations into the 2023 Auditor-General’s report, it was revealed that the Buffer Stock Company failed to provide the required food quantities, leading to underfeeding of students.
PAC Chairman, Hon. James Klutse Avedzi, highlighted issues in the supply process and set a meeting for October 15, 2023, to clarify the situation.
However, the School Authorities explained to the Committee that, there has been a challenge to determine the number of food items that has to be supplied to the schools, adding that they now use a WhatsApp platform where you can access information regarding the number of food items.
Mr. Avedzi said “ There is the need to meet Buffer stock company to clarify the issues and circumstances leading to the shortfall in supply of items to the School.” This is a serious issue, we can see a lot of loopholes in the process for the supply of food items to the School.”
PAC has directed that the Free SHS secretariat as well as Buffer Stock company to appear before the Committee on 15th October, 2023.
In his closing remarks, the PAC Chairman expressed appreciation to all the officials who appeared before the Committee from the Regions for the one-month probe into the Audit Report, 2023 emphasizing the need for all the Institutions cited on different counts of infractions to commence implementing all the recommendations before PAC presents its final recommendations to Parliament.
