The National Investigation Bureau (NIB) in the Bono East Region has intercepted a Kia Rhino truck carrying a large consignment of food items allegedly intended for distribution under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).

The vehicle, with registration number AS 9584-14, was found transporting 56 bags of 50-kilogram ‘Lucy’ branded rice meant for Jema Senior High School in the Kintampo South District and Kintampo Senior High School in the Kintampo North Municipality.

According to sources, the truck driver has been taken into custody, and an investigation is underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the diversion of the food supplies.

The incident reportedly took place on Thursday, November 21, 2024.

A reliable source within the NIB told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Techiman that the driver had collected the food items from the stores of Techiman Senior High School (TESS), a designated GSFP distribution point. However, the truck was intercepted in Tuobodom, the capital of the Techiman North District, where the driver allegedly diverted and began offloading the rice onto two tricycles, locally known as “Aboboyaa.”

When GNA reporters visited the Bono East Regional Command of the NIB in Techiman, they observed the Kia truck and the two tricycles, both loaded with bags of rice, parked on the premises as evidence in the ongoing investigation.