Chris Ngige
In Awka not less than 10 million primary school
pupils across the country are to benefit from the newly
introduced school feeding programme initiated by
the Federal Government tagged “Buhari food for the
children.”
Report from vangaurd has it that the Minister of
Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said
in an interview in Awka that while five million
pupils from Primary 1 -3 would be catered for by
the Federal Government under the programme, the
states were expected to feed another five million
from Primary 4 -6 through a counterpart funding
programme.
Ngige said the programme had begun in eight
states, including Anambra, adding that it was
important that Nigerians should know that ‘it is Buhari food for the children’ which, he stated, was part of measures
to cushion hardship faced by parents.
According to him, Kaduna and Osun states were
already embarking on the programme before it was
Introduced nationally and urged other states to key into the
programme in view of its benefits to the Nigerian
children.
He said: “To whom much is given, much is also
expected.
For the Federal Government to use Anambra as one
of the states to begin the school feeding programme
shows that President Buhari considers Anambra a
very important state.
We therefore call on the Anambra State government
to fulfill it's part of the agreement without delay.”
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