Following reports of food shortages in some senior high schools across the country, President John Mahama has urged all stakeholders to remain calm as he has found a solution.

According to him, there are sufficient food items at the Tema port procured by the previous government to augment the drought situation experienced in the country somewhere last year, and these food items can be used to feed the students.

“This food was imported by the outgone government in response to the drought that occurred last year but in this emergency, we need to use some of that food to feed our students so that education can continue,” he said during National Prayer and Thanksgiving Service held in Accra on Sunday, January 12.

The president noted that he has already directed his Chief of Staff to liaise with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to evacuate the foods from the port for onward distribution. “I have asked the Chief of Staff to work with the Ghana Education Service to allocate and evacuate foods that are currently held in warehouses in Tema”.

This according to the president is his commitment to improving the Free senior high school which was initiated by the previous government.

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High Schools (CHASS) earlier urged parents and guardians to assist with the feeding challenges in senior high schools.

This is to make sure that their children report to school as there wasn't enough food across the various schools to feed them due to the failure of the previous government to release funds.

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