Wife of Krachi chief allegedly poison pupils

Wife of the Omanhene of the Krachi Traditional Area, Nana Mpra Besemuna II, is caught in the midst of an alleged food-poisoning controversy, which is believed to have occurred while food was being served to pupils of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Primary School at Krachi in the Volta Region.

The Omanhene’s wife, Nana Akua Amene, is head caterer of the school and has been accused by the school’s Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of serving maggot-infested foods to their children in recent times.
In an exclusive interview with Today, the Chairman of the PTA, Mr. Amos Dapaa, said the serving of sub-standard food to the children has been a trend for some time now, and described the situation as “very scary,” and should be immediately halted for the safety of the children.

Mr. Dapaa further explained that before he assumed office as chairman of the PTA there had been several reports of the children served with unpleasant food by the school authorities.
He argued that until the entire working staff of the catering department are dismissed their wards would continue eating horrible foods, hence the decision to petition the office of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the district on behalf of the children.

Today learnt that the aggrieved parents have threatened to withdraw their children from the school if officers of the district GES refuse to heed to their request to change the catering staff.
Against that background, his administration is not going to relent on the matter; he indicated and added, “I am going to make sure the wife of Nana Mpra Besemuna is sacked.”
Caterers in the school in recent times have come under barrage of criticisms for allegedly serving unpleasant foods.

Though school authorities remained tight-lipped on the issue, some teachers of the school who spoke to the paper on condition of anonymity confided in this reporter that there have been several cases of the children being compelled to eat some of these maggot-infested foods.

“This problem has been going on for a long time,” one of them said adding, “Our children get sick by the day, and I believe it is the result of [eating] the maggot-infested food served the children sometimes.”
Reports, however, say previous administration of the PTA on numerous occasions, petitioned the school authorities on this same matter, but their concerns were never properly addressed.

Mr. Dapaa disclosed that, “On the day I was taking over as the chairman of the PTA, the children brought some of the maggot-infested food for the [gathered parents and guardians] to see. I saw the maggots in the food myself, so I promised the parents who were visibly angry about the situation that I will make sure the issue is addressed by the GES officials in the district so as to [raise the quality of] the food our children are served.”