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Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development on Wednesday stressed Government�s determination to decentralise the School Feeding Programme in an effort to make the work of those implementing the programme less cumbersome. He explained that decentralisation would facilitate access to funds for the programme at the district level because when everything was concentrated in Accra it became difficult to implement. Mr Ofosu-Ampofo contributing to a meeting on how to forge a workable roadmap for the National School Feeding Programme with stakeholders, said the Ministry was working to resource all 10 regional programme offices with logistics including cross-country vehicles to facilitate effective monitoring. He commended the World Food Programme for initiating the process of procuring a monitoring expert to support the National Secretariat and the Programme. �We are also full of praise for the Dutch Government for its tremendous support to the programme despite the expiration of its official time to support it�.