Tag: HGSFP

INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s school feeding programme derails as out-of-school children increase

Jul 18, 2022

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by

Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu

in Education, TNG investigations

Nigeria’s Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) introduced by the Federal Government in 2016, began in seven pilot states – Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun and Zamfara – but has now spread across 35 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Over nine million pupils in 54, 619 public primary schools are said to be…