Founder of the Pan African Heritage Museum, Kojo Yankah has said that the Ghana school feeding programme (GSFP) under the Free Senior High School programme is not sustainable.
He argues that no government budget can support the growing number of children in Ghana, a factor that threatens the programme.
Moreover, he said, the programme is too party-oriented depending on who is in government.
The Ghana School Feeding Programme which started in 2005 is an initiative of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) Pillar 3 which seeks to enhance food security and reduce hunger in line with the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on hunger, poverty and malnutrition.
The Immediate objectives of the Programme are to contribute to increase school enrolment, attendance and retention, reduce short-term hunger and malnutrition amongst kindergarten and primary school children and also boost domestic food production.
But in a post on his Facebook page, Mr Kojo Yankah who is also the founder of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) said “the school Feeding programme is not sustainable. First, most children are leaving their original schools to go to schools where there is Feeding.
“Second, it’s making our youth lazy : in our time we had school farms. Third, no government budget can support the growing number of children in Ghana. Foreign funding is needed to bail this program out. Fourth, the programme is too party-oriented depending on who is in Government. Self reliance in an agriculture-based economy should be the driving force ! We have NO excuse.”
