Buffer Stock Company

Also known as: Ghana National Food Buffer Stock Company · National Buffer Stock Company · Ghana National Buffer Stock Company

Ghana National Food Buffer Stock Company — supplies food to schools and works with Ministry of Education on pricing and school feeding programs.

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May 2026
5 MayThe Ghanaian Times
… When contacted, the Volta Regional Director of Buffer Stock Company, Mr Bright Delali Kugbeadzor, assured farmers that steps were being taken to address their concerns. …
Rice glut hits Afadzato-South farmers …as 170,000 bags remain unsold

Politics

High Court strikes out AG's revocation bid against medical travel order

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An Accra High Court has struck out an application by the Attorney-General's Department to revoke medical travel permission granted to former National Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, ruling the application moot because the travel order had already expired. Abdul-Wahab's counsel, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, criticised the State for arresting him at the airport and detaining him for four days, preventing him from using the court-granted permission.

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Yesterday

High Court strikes out AG's revocation bid against medical travel order
An Accra High Court has struck out an application by the Attorney-General's Department to revoke medical travel permission granted to former National Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, ruling the application moot because the travel order had already expired. Abdul-Wahab's counsel, former Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame, criticised the State for arresting him at the airport and detaining him for four days, preventing him from using the court-granted permission.
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Wednesday 8 July

Attorney General seeks to revoke ex-CEO's travel permission
The Attorney General has asked the Accra High Court to revoke a travel order granted to former Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, arguing he based his request on an online booking with UK retailer Boots rather than a confirmed medical appointment. Mr Hanan is standing trial on charges of stealing and causing financial loss to the state involving more than GH¢70 million.
8 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 5 July

Former Buffer Stock CEO arrested at Accra airport
Hanan Abdul-Wahab Aludiba, former CEO of the National Buffer Stock Company, was arrested at Accra International Airport while attempting to travel to the United Kingdom. According to the Deputy Attorney General, the arrest followed an attempt to use false means to access funds in his frozen Republic Bank account, and the Attorney-General plans to seek a review of the court's earlier permission for him to travel.
5 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
Former AG slams airport arrest as violation of court travel order
Godfred Yeboah Dame has accused the Attorney-General and deputy of orchestrating an unlawful arrest of his client, former National Buffer Stock Company CEO Hanan Abdul-Wahab, at Accra International Airport despite a High Court order on June 29 granting him permission to travel to the United Kingdom from July 4 to July 12 for an optician appointment.
5 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Lawyer challenges Deputy AG over frozen account claim in arrest
Godfred Yeboah Dame, counsel for former National Buffer Stock Company boss Hanan Abdul-Wahab, has challenged Deputy Attorney-General Dr Srem Sai to produce evidence that Abdul-Wahab attempted to withdraw money from a frozen bank account, calling the allegation false and used to justify what he describes as an unlawful arrest at the airport despite a High Court travel order.
5 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 10 June

Education Minister: Ghana schools no longer facing food shortages
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu said schools are no longer experiencing food shortages for the first time in many years, attributing the improvement to the government's decision to decap the Ghana Education Trust Fund and allocate GH¢4 billion this year to school feeding through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and Buffer Stock Company.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Education Minister reports no school food shortages this year
Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu has said that schools are not experiencing food shortages that affected the sector in previous years, attributing the improvement to the government's decision to decap the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), which has strengthened financing of school feeding through the Ghana Commodity Exchange and Buffer Stock Company. The government has allocated GH¢4 billion this year for school feeding.
10 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 19 May

School heads fault Buffer Stock Company over missing food supply costs
Heads of senior high schools have alleged that the Ghana National Food Buffer Stock Company has failed to disclose the cost of food items supplied to schools since 2024, complicating auditing and accountability processes. Deliveries are accompanied only by waybills or invoices without stated monetary values, making it difficult for institutions to verify the actual cost of supplies.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Buffer Stock Company denies lack of transparency in school food pricing
The Ghana National Buffer Stock Company says senior high school food prices are agreed by a committee comprising the Ministry of Education, Ghana Education Service, CHASS, and the Buffer Stock Company at the start of each academic year, and are then approved by the Public Procurement Authority before being communicated to all parties.
19 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Saturday 9 May

EOCO defends conduct, denies blocking lawyer access
The Executive Director of the Economic and Organised Crime Office, Raymond Archer, has defended his investigators' conduct and rejected allegations that lawyers were denied access to suspects in custody. Archer explained that one suspect had fallen ill and was hospitalized, and that he routinely receives missed calls while attending meetings and investigations.
9 May 2026 · The Chronicle →

Tuesday 5 May

Rice glut in Afadzato-South leaves 170,000 bags unsold
Rice farmers in Afadzato-South District, Volta Region, have appealed to the government to purchase thousands of unsold bags of rice after a bumper harvest flooded the market. Traders are offering between GH¢250 and GH¢300 per bag, far below the usual price of GH¢600, leaving many farmers unable to repay bank loans taken for the season.
5 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →