Students in Jirapa Senior High School have been left with the option of feeding on either maize for survival.
This is according to the Headmaster of the institution, Primus Baro, who attributes the situation to the impact of Akufo-Addo’s Free SHS policy.
According to him, his student, are not provided with any menu currently because all there is to feed on is food made out of maize.
Consequently, they are compelled to rely on Tuo Zaafi, or porridge for sustenance.
Baro noted that rice was not even available at the time of his statement, leaving maize as their primary food source.
“As I speak, apart from maize, I don’t have anything currently now as I sit. And I am mentioning my school. Last week we received some food stuff, and we got maize so much. We didn’t receive rice until yesterday when I had to fall on my PTA to give me some rice. I just came from Accra Central.”
“I was in Accra and I was trying to find out what was happening. The students have been eating, they will eat TZ in the afternoon and eat TZ in the evening. Don’t forget that they will take koko because there is no tom brown. I don’t have tom brown. I don’t have choco. So they will take koko in the morning.”
“So it is maize maize maize show. Now one of the problems associated with this kind of thing is that, 1, The Menu- There is nothing like menu in most of our schools now. Because at a point in time, it is true that you may have some particular kind of food. you may have maize at the time. At a point in time you may have rice, plenty, but the maize is not there. What it means is that you have to substitute all maize related meals with the rice. By the time the maize is coming, the rice is gone. So this is one of the things that create imbalances in the system,” he told the media.