Lariba Zuweira Abudu

School Feeding Caterers To Receive Payment Next Week
06 Jun

School Feeding Caterers To Receive Payment Next Week

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Lariba Zuweira Abudu, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, says Caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme will receive payments of their arrears for the third term of the 2022 academic year by next week. She said her Ministry together with the Ministry of Finance as of April 2023 had paid all areas for the first and second terms of the 2022 academic year. The Minister said this when he addressed the press on the status of the programme in Accra. Madam Abudu said so far, 11,052 caterers’ files had been cleared for payment. She added that 76 caterers’…
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School Feeding: Cost Per Meal To Be Increased From GH¢1 To GH¢1.20 – Zuweira Abudu
05 Jun

School Feeding: Cost Per Meal To Be Increased From GH¢1 To GH¢1.20 – Zuweira Abudu

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Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has said the cost per meal for each school child would be increased from GH¢1 to GH¢1.20. The GH¢1.20 proposal comes after caterers called on government to increase the feeding price per child. “The feeding cost per meal per day per child was increased from 80 pesewas (80Gp) in 2018 to GH¢1, and in 2023, the cost per meal per child per day has been proposed as GH¢1.20,” she said. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra, Lariba Zuweira Abudu noted that the school feeding programme has provided employment for…
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Stop Giving Cash To Child Beggars – Gender Minister Reiterates
05 Jun

Stop Giving Cash To Child Beggars – Gender Minister Reiterates

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The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Lariba Zuweira Abudu, has reiterated the calls for road users to desist from giving money to child beggars. This, she believes will go a long way to deter these children from returning to the streets, sometimes, under dangerous and harsh conditions. The minister made this call during a Minister’s Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information office on Sunday, June 4, 2023, to bring the public up to speed on the progress and implementations of initiatives, programmes and policies under the gender ministry. The minister added that if several adults shun these…
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