{
  "id": 12896159,
  "title": "I’m having sleepless night; I’m 60 years old but always have to beg people for money – Free SHS supplier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/im-having-sleepless-night-im-60-years-old-but-always-have-to-beg",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-08T15:40:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/im-having-sleepless-night-im-60-years-old-but-always-have-to-beg-people-for-money-free-shs-supplier/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Agnes Abedua, President of the National Free SHS Suppliers Association, has been struggling to sleep due to mounting financial pressure from creditors. The government owes the association GH¢250 million for food supplies provided to Senior High Schools during the 2024/2025 academic year. This financial strain has left Abedua, a 60-year-old supplier, constantly anxious whenever her phone rings, as she receives frequent calls and threats of police and court action. The over-60-year-old supplier, who has been raising her children alone since her husband's death more than eight years ago, has found it increasingly difficult to support her family. She has had to beg others for financial support, even having to call people to ask for help herself. The unpaid debt is also impacting her ability to pay for her children's education, with one in Level 300 and another in a training college. Abedua is appealing directly to President John Dramani Mahama for intervention, pleading for mercy and urging the government to ensure the suppliers' outstanding debts are paid.",
  "summary": "President of the National Free SHS Suppliers Association, Agnes Abedua, says she has been unable to sleep because of mounting pressure from creditors and other individuals demanding payment from her over money she says the government owes suppliers. The association says government owes GH¢250 million to suppliers who provided food to SHSs during the 2024/2025 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "People are sick and need money – Free SHS suppliers tell gov’t",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/people-are-sick-and-need-money-free-shs-suppliers-tell-govt",
        "published": "2026-10-08T15:21:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}