Expired Rice in SHS: Propaganda and rumour-mongering have no place in education—Frema Opare

Chief Of Staff, Frema Opare has indicated that propaganda has no place in Ghana’s education.

She was reacting to reports of repackaged expired rice distributed to certain senior high schools (SHSs) in the country.

Frema Opare who spoke to Accra-based Joy News, said, “You know it is not true, so please let us focus on things that move this country forward…

We have good things; we have to focus on how we advance the Ghanaian children, and how we improve their opportunities so that they become good citizens. Propaganda and rumour-mongering have no place in education.”

Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer for the Education Ministry, Kwesi Kwarteng, indicated that the rice was cleared by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) before they were distributed to the various schools.

But the Minority in Parliament at a press conference called for the arrest and subsequent investigation into the matter, indicating that the directors of Lamens Investment Africa Limited, must be sanctioned and same must be done against the Board and Management of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO).

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, who exposed the distribution, noted that the Directors of Lamens Investment Africa had been called out for

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