God will judge you if you do not cook well for children – School catering caterers have

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The Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Cynthia Mamle Morrison, has commissioned caterers from the Ghana School Feeding Program (GSFP) to ensure that they give priority the interests of the beneficiary children.

She urged them to prepare delicious and nutritious meals, just as they would for their own children at home.

The minister warned the caterers to know that they would be judged by God for every pesewa they received and spent on behalf of underprivileged students as part of the school feeding program, a comment that sparked endless applause from chefs and other guests.

"If you use better ingredients to prepare better meals for these poor children than you do not know if they have parents or not and treat them as you treat your own biological kids, then God will bless you, but if you are trying to deceive the system for your personal gains to the detriment of those vulnerable children … I will not say it by mouth, but I think we can all predict what will happen to you … "

Mrs. Morrison, also a Member of Parliament for Agona West, expressed her caution during the celebration of the International Day of School Lunches held in Agona Nyakrom, in the municipality of Agona. West, in the central region, this weekend.

This event was organized in partnership with GSFP's development partners, including the World Food Program, UNICEF, YEDENT, Amplifies and Partnership for Child Development.

She said that her administration, as part of measures to properly clean the system and ensure the sustainability of the program, would not pay any caterers who would present an inflated budget to the government.

"Now," said the minister, "every district payment record to the National School Feeding Secretariat would be properly reviewed and reviewed before a payment is made.

She added that "these measures are not put in place to decommission my administration and caterers, but as a way for all of us, good people in Ghana, to help the government to implement the food program smoothly." so that education ".

Mrs. Morrison reminded the caterers that the funds they received as payment for their GSFP services came from taxpayer funds, "including farmers, small traders, taxi drivers, hawkers, and so on. , to help children from disadvantaged families realize their dreams for the future. presidents, lawyers, teachers, doctors and journalists, among others ".

The Minister for Gender Equality revealed that the government, for the first term of the 2018/2019 academic year alone, had paid 186 million pounds sterling to the GSFP's caterers.

Ms. Morrison suggested that her department was developing a new payment system that would record the names of all caterers recognized under the GSFP program to ensure that they would receive prompt payment for their services.

"There will be more delay in payment. Once the work is done, you receive a payment, "she said.

The member for Agona West testified about the efficiency of the caterers in her riding and the type of quality meals they prepare for the students in the recipient schools and encouraged them to do more.

Dr. Gertrude Quashigah, Acting National Coordinator of the School Feeding Program in Ghana, congratulated the leaders and residents of Agona Nyakrom and MP Cynthia Morrison for successfully organizing the celebration of the International Day of Meals at School 2019.

She instructed the caterers to continue to use the food produced by local farmers to make the school feeding program more beneficial to the local population.

Dr. Quashigah, a nutrition specialist, encouraged caterers to be concerned about nutrition and to use more vegetables and other nutrition-rich products for meal preparation.