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| Dr. Kwame Adu-Nsiah |
The National Coordinator of the Ghana School
Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr Kwame Adu-Nsiah has
urged Ghanaians to eschew tribal sentiments which have the tendency to cause
divisions in the life of the nation.
Speaking to journalists in a response to
happenings within the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in the Northern
Region, he outrightly dismissed claims that the programme was recruiting zonal
coordinators and caterers based on their tribal affiliations in the region.
According to him, all the zonal coordinators who
were currently employed applied for the positions but not handpicked by the
Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection as falsely claimed by some
sections of the general public.
"We have two Dagombas, two Gonjas, one
person from Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo, one from Bimbilla and one from Kpandai. They
were employed based on their qualification", he stressed.
He also admitted that, about one or two zonal
coordinators were also working on contracts as caterers but the Secretariat
gave them the option to choose being a zonal coordinator or caterer. "We
did our checks and found out that some zonal coordinators were also caterers
and the Secretariat asked them to resign from their positions and be caterers
or remain and relinquish the catering job. And so they relinquished the
catering job. So that issue has been addressed", he explained.
Dr. Adu-Nsiah also refuted claims that his outfit
was undermining the authority of the Northern Regional Coordinator, Madam
Felicia Konaah Tetteh by dealing directly with Zonal Coordinators instead of
her.
“We have not undermined any regional coordinator
and have not also engaged persons on tribal lines. There is no bad blood
between us and the Regional Coordinator. She is not here because of her
monitoring programme today as well as her deputy”, he disclosed.
Dr Adu-Nsiah however disclosed that, earlier he
and officers of the region met and resolved all differences and that the sealed
office has since been open for staff to work.
It would be recalled that a vigilante youth group
of NPP calling itself Burma Camp locked up the Northern Regional office of the
Ghana School Feeding Programme because according to them, their appointments
were done based on tribal lines.
They maintained that until the positions were
fairly distributed, the offices would remain sealed but responding to their
concerns, the National Coordinator said they acted based on rumour and that it
was at variance with the reality.
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