Tag: School Feeding
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Court orders Betta Edu to provide details of N535.8m school feeding spending
A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Dr Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, to release details of how the sum of N535.8 million was expended on feeding of school children during COVID-19 lockdown. Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a judgment, directed the minister and the ministry to furnish
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INVESTIGATION: Nigeria’s school feeding programme derails as out-of-school children increase
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…
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Pupils reject promotion to benefit from school feeding programme in Anambra state
In a bid to continue to be fed, some pupils of public primary schools in Anambra State have reportedly rejected their earned promotion to senior classes, just to qualify for the school feeding programme of the federal government.
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FG to spend almost N1bn daily on sch feeding, breaks down cost
The Federal Government on Tuesday said N999 million would be spent daily to feed approximately 10 million pupils in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) across the country. Hajiya Aishatu Digil, the Team Lead of NHGSFP disclosed this at a stakeholder meeting on disbursement modalities for the review cost of feeding in the…
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FG increases school feeding from N70 to N100 per child
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 school to N100. Dr Umar Bindir, the National Coordinator, National Social Investments Programme (NSIP), said this at a two-day National Consultative meeting on
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N2.6bn Covid-19 funds for school feeding programme diverted to personal accounts – ICPC
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed how the sum of N2.67 billion paid to some federal colleges for school feeding during the COVID-19 lockdown ended up in private bank accounts. Bolaji Owasanoye, ICPC chairman, made the disclosure in his keynote address at the second national summit on diminishing corruption.…
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We spent N523m on school feeding during lockdown – FG
The Nigerian Government spent about N523.3 million on school feeding programme during the lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD), Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. Farouk made the revelation against the rumours and speculations going around one…
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School feeding: Sokoto earmarks N5.4bn for 1m students
The Sokoto State Government says it has earmarked over N5.4 billion to feed no fewer than one million students in its primary and secondary schools in 2017. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Alhaji Mainasara Ahmed, disclosed this in Gusau on Thursday. He spoke at a three-day workshop organized by a USAID-assisted…