Dr. Apaak calls for ministerial probes due to government’s indebtedness

Dr. Clement Apaak, the Member of Parliament for Builsa South has called on the incoming John Mahama administration to quickly assess the state of all ministries to understand their underlying issues.

This comes on the back of the government’s indebtedness to some service providers and the issue of unpaid school feeding caterers that surfaced with reports stating that service providers have not been paid for almost three years.

This concern was highlighted in a letter dated December 20, 2024, from the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) to the Minister of Education.

He emphasized the need for a thorough evaluation of every government policy, department, agency, and ministry to determine the actual use of funds allocated each year.

The lawmaker argued that the public deserves transparency in understanding where the approved resources have gone.

Dr. Apaak also expressed his frustration over the government’s failure to pay caterers of the Free Senior High School feeding program despite approving significant funds for educational initiatives.

According to the MP, the school feeding program is now in arrears because the government has not been meeting its financial obligations to these service providers.

“I am advising the incoming John Mahama administration to quickly initiate an assessment of every ministry to get to understand fully well what the situation is. Year in and out, they have been approving over 2 billion Ghana cedis to finance the free senior high school policy, and yet we are now being told by CHASS that the government is indebted. So clearly something is not right. It is only proper that we hold duty present and it is only those making the call ought to do a thorough assessment of the implication of every government policy, department, agency, and ministry for us to understand where the resources we have been approving year in and out have gone to”.