FG releases N375m for School Feeding Programme

As part of its social investment programmes, the Federal Government of Nigeria has disbursed N375million for the feeding of 700, 000 primary school pupils in 5 states.

The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice-President, Laolu Akande, disclosed that the money was released for the implementation of the Home grown School Feeding Programme in Anambra, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ebonyi state to cover the feeding for 10 school days.

According to Akande, “the sum of about N375, 434, 870 has just been released and paid to 7,909 cooks in those States for the feeding of a total of 677, 476 primary school pupils”.

Giving the breakdown, he said Ogun state got a total of N119, 648, 900 paid to 1,381 cooks to feed 170, 927 pupils while Ebonyi got N115, 218, 600 paid to 1,466 cooks to feed 164, 598 pupils.

For Anambra, Akande stated that N67.5 million paid to 937 cooks to feed 96,489 pupils, Oyo state got N72.2 million paid to 1,437 cooks to feed 103, 269 pupils, and Osun got N867,370 paid to 2,688 to feed 142, 193 pupils.

The Vice President’s spokesperson further disclosed that Zamfara and Enugu States would soon be paid N188.7 million and N67.2 million, respectively, later this week.

He informed that in Zamfara, the sum would be paid to 2,738 cooks to feed 269, 665 pupils and in Enugu, 1128 cooks would be paid N67.2 million to feed 96, 064 pupils