Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has assured aggrieved uniform suppliers that the GHC50 million arrears owed them will be paid within one week.
Addressing the picketing suppliers on June 11, he explained that payment has delayed because t he documents had to undergo an audit first.
“If not for the audit, the funds could have been released much earlier,” he stated.
Earlier, uniform suppliers for Senior High Schools nationwide picketed at the Ministry of Education, demanding payment of arrears owed since 2023.
The suppliers, who provide uniforms to SHSs across the country, say the government has failed to settle debts for services rendered for over two years.
Speaking at the protest, the group said several meetings with officials of the Ministry and Ghana Education Service have yielded no results, with payment dates repeatedly postponed.
“We have supplied uniforms to schools as contracted, but since 2023 till date, government has refused to pay us,” one supplier told journalists. “We keep getting promises and new dates, but no money.”
The picketers warned that failure to release the funds will disrupt uniform supply for the next academic term, leaving many students stranded.
By Kingsley Adusei-Amakye
