Accra, Nov. 21, GNA - The National Co-ordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (NSFP), on Thursday called on the Ashanti Regional Co-ordinatin= g Council (RCC) to assist investigations into the alleged poisoning of foodstuff be= ing stored in the warehouse of the programme in the region.

Alhaji Suleman Abdul Rahman suggested the need for the Regional Security Council to liaise with the RCC to get into the bottom of the incident, which occurred at Kodie in the Kwabre East District. He expressed surprise about the incident, saying but for the vigilan= ce of the staff of the

NSFP a number of pupils would have lost their lives by eating toxin meals= .. Alhaji Rahman, who made this known to the Ghana News Agency in Accra= , said the

culprits broke into the warehouse but failed to steal any item. "The caterers and other staff of the programme suspected foul play a= nd therefore

inspected the food items and found that they have been laced with poisono= us substance that

smelled like DDT." The national co-ordinator said the incident was reported to the poli= ce who had taken over

the investigations. "The programme takes a serious view about the incident and disassociates itself from the

criminal intent. "The SFP had also launched its own investigations into the matter. W= ho ever is found

culpable must face the full rigours of the law," he said. In a related development, media reports linked the incident to Boa= man where the alleged

poisoning of food items meant for the preparation of meals for about 900 school children of

the Local Authority primary School under the NSFP.