Minority in Parliament calls for Commission of Inquiry into alleged distribution of expired rice to SHSs

The Minority in Parliament has called on President Akufo-Addo to establish an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the alleged distribution of contaminated rice to Senior High Schools (SHS) across the country.

The opposition MPs, led by North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, argue that the Ministry of Education cannot be trusted to conduct an impartial probe into the matter.

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has therefore called for urgent national medical screening of all senior high schools students who have ingested the “contaminated rice”.

“We would like to use this medium to wake up respectfully all those institutions particularly the Ghana Health Service, the Ministry of Health who have been silent on this matter so far. There is the need for an urgent national medical screening exercise and we would endorse that,” Ablakwa stated.

They further demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of the Directors of Lamens Investment Africa Limited as well as the Board and management of the National Food Buffer Stock Company.

The alleged scandal of the distribution of 22,000 bags of expired and contaminated rice to Senior High Schools (SHS) across Ghana, involving the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) and Lamens Africa Investments Ltd., has raised significant concerns about the potential health and social implications for the students affected.

After Ablakwa’s expose on Wednesday, November 13 2024, where he claimed that approximately 22,000 bags of expired rice were repackaged and distributed to Senior High Schools nationwide, the Ministry responded on November 14 indicating that it will investigate the matter.

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