The National Association of Institutional Suppliers (NAIS), an association of Free SHS suppliers, has announced plans to picket at the Ministry of Education on June 11, 2026.
According to the NAIS, their protest is due to the government’s failure to settle outstanding payments owed to its members under the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) programme.
The NAIS argued that the protest had become necessary due to the prolonged delay in the payment of approximately GH¢50 million.
They disclosed that the GH¢50 million owed to suppliers is from uniforms, house dresses, and school clothes to public senior high schools.
According to the NAIS, their members have not received payment for supplies delivered since 2023.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, June 3, the association wrote, “The National Association of Institutional Suppliers (NAIS) wishes to formally notify you of our upcoming picketing at the Ministry of Education on 11th June 2026. This action is necessitated by the prolonged non-payment of outstanding payments owed to our members for the supply of uniforms, house dresses, and school clothes to various public Senior High Schools under the Free SHS program.
Since 2023, NAIS members have not received payments totalling approximately 50 million Ghana cedis for services rendered. Despite numerous efforts to resolve this issue, including appeals to relevant authorities, the situation remains unresolved. This has caused severe financial hardship for our members, threatening their ability to continue providing essential services to schools.
The picketing aims not only to draw the government’s attention to our plight but also to urge the immediate release of funds owed to NAIS members. We believe this peaceful demonstration will highlight the urgency of the matter and prompt swift action to settle the outstanding payments.
We kindly request coverage by your esteemed media house. Your support will help ensure our concerns reach the appropriate stakeholders and prompt responses to our demands.
We count on your usual cooperation and look forward to your presence at the Ministry of Education on 11th June 2026”.
In other news, Omanhene Kwabena Asante, host of Adom TV’s Badwam, has called out the John Mahama-led government for deceiving Ghanaians regarding the Free SHS.
The Adom TV boldly stated that Free SHS is no longer free, calling on the government to stop deceiving Ghanaians.
He claimed that he paid over GHS1700 for free SHS feeding over the weekend.
According to Omanhene Kwabena Asante, he has three grandchildren at the Senior High School level, were government has not been releasing funds to those schools for their feeding.
He stressed that even if the government release the funds, they are not enough, which leads to Teachers calling parents to pay money to feed their children.
Omanhene further boldly stated that it is better to go back to cash and pay for this so-called free SHS under the Mahama government.
Speaking on Asempa FM, Omanhene Kwabena Asante stated, “It all lies; there is a School along the Aburi roads. Go and check, my three grandchildren are there, go and check what they are doing to them. Over this weekend, I paid over GHS 1700 for feeding because the government has not been releasing, and if they release, they are not even enough.
It’s a lie; the government should stop some of those things; they have lied to us for so long. A lot of the schools, even when they receive the government feeding grants, are just something small. Why are they doing that? We are suffering as parents. We know that whatever the government is saying is a lie”.
He added, “Teachers call us to pay money when you question the teacher; your grandchild will fail. It is better to go back to cash and pay than this so-called free SHS. What the government is saying and the things happening on the ground are not true. There is so much deception in this country.
One is on the Cape Coast road, one is on the Aburi mountains road, and another is at Takoradi. These are big schools that parents are contributing to, and still contributing. If you like to open the phone lines and listen to the parents.
Government after government, particularly this government, should come clean with us on the education sector. We are tired”.
See the statement below:
