The Government of Ghana has announced the termination of all existing caterers’ contracts under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) with immediate effect.
A statement issued on May 2, 2025, by Hajia Fati Forgor, National Coordinator of the GSFP, directs all caterers nationwide to cease cooking for the third term of the 2024/2025 academic year.
“Accordingly, no existing caterer on the Programme should cook for the third term of the 2024/2025 academic year,” the statement read.
According to the statement, the termination forms part of the ongoing efforts to reform the Programme, a key initiative under Ghana’s collaboration with the United Nations Millennium Development Goals to combat hunger and extreme poverty.
The GSFP Secretariat has assured affected caterers that all outstanding arrears for the second term of the academic year will be settled in due course.
“All outstanding arrears for the second term of the 2024/2025 academic year will be paid in due course,” the statement noted.
Further, the GSFP Secretariat indicated that modalities for recruiting new caterers to the programme will be announced shortly.
“The GSFP Secretariat, as part of its ongoing restructuring exercise, will soon announce the modalities for the recruitment of new caterers for the Programme,” the statement concluded.
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