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Scores of caterers on the school feeding programme in the Ashanti region were left in a state of shock, when the Ashanti regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah snubbed them, on Monday.
The aggrieved traders had gone to the regional coordinating council to present a petition to the regional minister over arrears owned by the government.
For weeks these caterers have been protesting for the release of payments which is almost a year in arrears, and an upward adjustment of the allocation fee, from 97 pesewas per head to ghs 3.00.
They have attributed the demand for adjustment to hikes in the prices of foodstuff and the current economic hardship.
On March 20, they besieged the regional school feeding secretariat, hoping to be reimbursed but that did not happen
On March 27, they were left with another disappointment.
A petition was to be presented to the regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah after weeks of no response from the central government.
However, they were left disappointed when the minister snubbed them.
But according to them, they will persist in their demand till the government hear their plea.
By uniquenewsgh.com
