The Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has condemned the government following the alleged supply of 'expired' rice to feed students in Senior High Schools (SHS).

This comes after the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, blew the cover on the government’s feeding of students in SHS with 'expired' rice after it was re-bagged and the expiry date was extended.

Addressing the chiefs and people of Sorbelle in the Sissala West Constituency as part of her campaign tour of the Upper West Region, Prof Opoku-Agyemang described the scandal as shameful and insensitive.

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She wondered why the government would supply schools with expired rice knowing very well that it is unwholesome for consumption.

Prof Opoku-Agyemang said students in senior high schools deserve better than being fed with expired food items.

She noted that Ghana's education sector is on the decline on the watch of the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and assured the people that the next NDC government would work hard to restore the education sector.

Prof Opoku-Agyemang was also concerned that the road project started by the former Mahama
administration in the Sissala area has been abandoned by the NPP government.

She therefore urged the electorate to vote out the NPP and bring back the NDC government to enable Mr Mahama to complete the road project and other abandoned projects in the Sissala area.