The Senior Media Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President Mr. Laolu Akande on Sunday says the Federal
Government of Nigeria has released N375M to implement the school feeding programme promised by President Buhari administration during his presidential campaign.

According to Mr. Akande, the money is to feed nearly 700,000 primary schools in five states. The states includes Anambra, Ebonyi,
Osun, Ogun and Oyo. The feeding is expected to cover 10 school days.

NAN report states, Akande, who was giving update on the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP), noted that
the programmes were proceeding at different stages of implementation.

“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.’’

According to him, Ogun 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.

The presidential aide said that Anambra got 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.

He said that all monies were paid directly to the cooks and covered 10 days of school.

Akande further disclosed that Zamfara and Enugu States would soon be paid N188.7 million and N67.2 million, respectively, later
in the week.

“In Zamfara, the sum would be paid to 2,738 cooks to feed 269, 665 pupils, and in Enugu, the sum would be paid to 1,128 cooks to feed 96,064 pupils.

“By then, over N631 million would have been released so far in 2017 for school feeding in seven states, paid to 11,775 cooks and meant to feed over one million primary school pupils,’’ he added.

On N-Power, Akande stated that the process of payment of verified graduates, who were beneficiaries, had reached different stages of progress in the affected states.

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