Prisoners in Ghana are set to play a pivotal role in producing school uniforms, furniture, and sanitary pads for schools nationwide under a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Education.
The agreement assigns the Ghana Prisons Service a minimum 30% share in producing school furniture and a 25% contribution to the government’s free sanitary pad initiative.
Speaking at the signing, the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, emphasized that the programme will leverage state-owned production systems while ensuring accountability and value for money.
“We will ensure value for money and transparency in public procurement by anchoring production within state-owned industrial system subject to clear oversight,” he said.
Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, said the initiative would help prisoners develop skills, earn income, and reduce recidivism.
While the Ministry of Education will provide budgetary support, the Interior Ministry is leading the initiative, with prisoners forming the core workforce for production, highlighting the government’s focus on rehabilitation and public service simultaneously.
