Audio: Afram Plains North MP clashes with NPP executives over school feeding

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Tension is said to be brewing in Kwae Kesse, a town in the Afram Plains North constituency after the Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Betty Krosby Mensah and executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) both stormed the RC Basic School to cook for the pupils.

This follows weeks of misunderstanding between the two parties over who has the right to cook for the children under the school feeding programme.

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Speaking to Adom News, the MP explained that she lobbied for the contract from the Gender Ministry but has been denied the opportunity to execute the contract since the NPP assumed office.

According to her, caterers she has given the contract to for execution have been stopped from cooking for the pupils.

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She noted that NPP executives in the area claim the government has given them the contract hence will not allow the caterers to take over.

Meanwhile, the NPP constituency Women’s Organiser for the area, Mary Owusuaa has said she has been awarded the contract to cook for the children.

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She has vowed to face the MP if her caterers come to the school to cook for the pupils.

Mary Owusuaa said the School Feeding Coordinator has asked her to do her work because he has not given the contract to anyone else apart from her.

Listen to the MP in the audio above as she explains her story.