School Feeding kitchens turned into brothels

It is reported that School Feeding Program kitchens in some communities in the Central Region have been turned into a place for sexual activities and smoking marijuana by some youth in those communities.

Information gathered revealed that these Kitchens are currently not in use and as a result, local deviants have taken advantage of the situation to convert them into brothels.

Paramount in the practice are towns like Ekumfi, Gomoa, Ajumako Enyan Essiam, Mfantseman, Twifu Atti-Morkwa, Hemang Lower Denkyira Assins, Abura Asebu Kwamankese, Agona East among other District of the Central Region.

Evident items found in these kitchens are often used condoms, panties, brassieres, used sanitary pads, cigarettes, marijuana and many others.

It is alleged that almost all basic schools in most parts of the Central Region have stopped cooking for pupils and students due to the government’s failure to pay arrears owed to the Caterers on the School Feeding Program scheme.

Residents in the Ekumfi District expressed worry at the increasing rate at which community members including married men and women have turned these kitchens into sex centers.

According to them, though the Chiefs have warned against such acts, recalcitrant residents continue to engage in the practices.

Some of the items used for cooking that were left in these kitchens have also been stolen.

Meanwhile, caterers under the government’s school feeding program have declared a nationwide strike over the government’s inability to pay arrears owed to them.

This comes after their counterparts in the Ashanti Region withdrew their services on Tuesday, April 4 over the same issue.

The caterers who converged at Kumasi to express their grievances also demanded an increase in the amount paid per child from 97 pesewas to GH¢3.00 daily.

They said the current amount is unsustainable because of the current state of the economy and its accompanying high cost of food commodities.