Experts from across the globe have commended the Osun
school feeding programme tagged O'Meals again at the 16th
Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum held in Vanderbijlpark,
Gauteng, South Africa.
The Deputy Governor who also doubles as the Commissioner
for Education of the State of Osun, Mrs. Grace Titi Laoye-
Tomori, who represented Nigeria at the forum took time to
explain in details the success of O'Meals in one of the
sessions.
Speaking to over 250 delegates from 40 countries, including
10 ministers and 18 deputy ministers, she highlighted how
the use of biometrics data capturing had helped to reduce
issues of leakages in the system.
Laoye-Tomori also narrated how Osun has improved its
economy by empowering small scale farmers, youth and
women through the school feeding programme in the state.
According to her, "As part of the efforts of the Aregbesola
administration to promote functional education in the state,
the governor decided to feed elementary pupils with
nourishing food.
"The programme has impacted positively on school
enrolment with an increase of over 25%. We are presently
feeding over 252,000 pupils which has increased the
enrolment profile of pupils in the public schools.
"It is our belief that if the school feeding programme helps
attract pupils to public schools, the newly built schools with
the state of the art facilities which provide a serene
environment conducive to learning will help to retain them".
The deputy governor told participants.
She however used the occasion to seek the collaboration of
United States Deputy Under Secretary, The President of World
Food Programme and the Centre of Excellence Against
Hunger with the Government of Osun.
Other speakers at the forum supported by International
organisations like the World Food Programme, WFP, Centre
of Excellence Against Hunger, Cozinha Brasil, Social Service
for Industry Brazil, SESI and the Department of Basic
Education of the Republic of South Africa, includes, Genye
White, the President of the Board of Directors, GCNF.
Others are, Daniel Balaban, Director , WFP’s Centre of
Excellence against Hunger, Janey Thornton, Deputy Under
Secretary, Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, United
States Department of Agriculture and Alice Martin-Daihirou,
Country Director, Uganda, WFP.
Other countries that had earlier submitted briefs on their
feeding programme were also given the opportunity to
showcase and respond to queries on their programmes.
Countries represented at the16th Annual Global Child
Nutrition forum included, Russia, Holland, Mozambique,
Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Uganda, USA and Sri-Lanka.
It would be recalled that Governor Aregbesola himself had
been guest of the British Parliament last year when he was
invited to share the experience of the Osun school meal
programme and its mode of implementation.
The programme had culminated in another conference
hosted by Osun which drew many states of the federation to
understudy the Osun model with a view to adopting
throughout Nigeria.

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state of osun is going to places!

This kinda news can only come from govt that has the urge to serve his people.

It seems cankerworms are asleep, else they would have been here spewing hatred.