Tag: School Feeding

FG to provide nutritious meals to 100,000 displaced children in the North

Aminu Imam
FG to provide meals

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on School Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, has unveiled the Federal Government’s initiative to feed 100,000 displaced children in the Northern region.  During a familiarisation tour, Adeniji sought the support of Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule and the Emir of Borgu Kingdom, Mohammed ÆŠantoro, to facilitate the programme. Adeniji disclosed that the government aims to kickstart the feeding initiative with 5,000 displaced children in the initial phase, with plans to progressively increase the number to 100,000. The statement issued by her media team in…

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‘FG to relaunch school feeding programme’ – Wale Edun

Aminu Imam
Edun on school feeding

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Wale Edun, has said the federal government will relaunch the suspended school feeding programme. The Minister noted that the Government would ensure adequate resources are available to support and sustain educational programmes across the country. Edun spoke on Thursday, when the House of Representatives’ Committee on Alternative Education visited him, according to a statement by the Director of Information and Public Relations at the Ministry of Finance, Mohammed Manga. He said the meeting was held to address the pressing issue of…

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FG extends its School-feeding programme to cover basic education

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has announced plans to broaden the scope of the suspended Home-Grown School Feeding Programme to include basic education, not just limited to primary schools, upon its resumption. Director of Basic Education at the Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. Folake Olatunji-David, revealed this during the launch and fundraiser of the Create that Change Development Initiative, (CCDI) in Abuja at the weekend. She commended CCDI for its commitment to addressing critical educational issues and advancing child development, aligning with the vision of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. “We are aware…

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Tinubu moves school feeding programme to Ministry of Education

Aminu Imam

Sequel to its reintroduction, President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, directed that the school feeding programme be transferred from the Humanitarian Ministry to the Education Ministry. During a one-day workshop on incremental improvements in the middle ministerial targets between 2023 and 2027, Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, revealed this information. The President reportedly claimed that the relaunch would assist in addressing the issues that out-of- school children are facing, saying that it will also help curb the learning crisis. Mamman, speaking on the retreat, stated that its objective is to…

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‘Renewed Hope’: FG to include Almajiris in school feeding programme

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has said plans are underway to conduct head counts of Almajiris in the country and enroll them into the home-grown school feeding programme by the present administration. Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Schools Feeding, Dr. Yetunde Adeniji, revealed this during a courtesy call on the Executive Governor of Nasarawa state, Abdullahi A. Sule, in Lafia, the State capital. A statement issued by Special Assistant to the SSA, Oyedokun Oyewumi indicated that the programme targets children in public schools, adding that her office is open…

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‘FG spends N1.3tr on school feeding, N-Power, others’ – Sadiyya Farouq

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government, yesterday, said it invested a sum of over N1.358 trillion to improve the lives of vulnerable Nigerians through its National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP) in the last seven years, from 2016 to 2022. These social programmes include N-power; Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, (GEEP); National Home-grown School Feeding Programme, (NHGSFP); Conditional Cash Transfers, and Independent Monitors, (IM). Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiyya Farouq, disclosed this when she was featured on the 23rd edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration scorecard series…

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School Feeding: FG increases consumption-per-child to N100

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says it has increased its National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme of N70 per day school feeding of a child in public primary schools to N100. The National Coordinator, National Social Investments Programme, (NSIP), Dr. Umar Bindir, disclosed this at a two-day National Consultative meeting on ‘Public Food Procurement In The Context Of Nigeria’s National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme”, yesterday, in Abuja. According to Bindir, the programme is under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. “When we started in 2016 before Covid-19, we experienced…

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Inflation: FG stakeholders review feasibility of N70-per-child school feeding programme

Aminu Imam

The workshop, which was held in Abuja on Wednesday, was aimed at reflecting the current economic realities in the country, which has reportedly affected the implementation of the NHGSFP in states across the nation. The stakeholders, drawn from across the country, were tasked to deliberate on the present N70 cost of a meal per pupil, make appropriate recommendations on the possible cost of a meal per child then suggest possible alternative sources for funding. Addressing newsmen at the workshop, Head of Catering, Federal Ministry of Education, Katrina Adamu, said the…

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Rising cost of foodstuffs crippling FG’s school feeding program – Official

Aminu Imam

The rising inflationary rate resulting in the high cost of foodstuffs is affecting Federal Government’s National Home Grown School Feeding programme negatively. This assertion was made in Calabar yesterday, by the Programme Manager of the programme in Cross-Rivers State, Gab Okulaja, in an interview with newsmen. Okulaja appealed to the Federal Government to review the programme to take care of inflationary trends, as it planned to add five million beneficiaries to the existing nine million. “We have the challenge of increase in the prices of foodstuffs by as much as…

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N2.67bn school feeding fraud: Humanitarian Ministry not involved, says ICPC

Ishaku Yohanna

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has clarified that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, did not divert N2.67 billion for school feeding as alleged by some publications. Spokesperson of the ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Tuesday said that the commission chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, was misquoted and urged the public to disregard such publication. The statement said: “The attention of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has been drawn to some reports…

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