Former Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has stated that the former president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, ordered her to audit the School Feeding Program but later distanced himself from it after the findings revealed widespread corruption and mismanagement.

Speaking in an interview on Movement Radio and monitored by GhanaWeb on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, she alleged that the program has been plagued by corruption and mismanagement.

The former Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya urged President John Dramani Mahama to prioritise reforms into the program to ensure its effectiveness.

“The rot and the corruption that is going on at the school feeding sector is serious. This government should pay attention to that sector. Former President John Agyekum Kufuor had a great vision around the School Feeding programme, but the way it has been handled is a serious matter.

“The majority of the rot was coming from the Central Region. The backlash that followed my submission of the audit report made President Akufo-Addo deny that he had asked me to conduct it. He told me to set it aside, and that’s where my problems began,” she stated.

The program was introduced in 2005 to provide free meals to pupils in deprived areas.

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