The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed has stated that the Federal
Government, and not the states, will fund the A-
Meal-A-Day programme launched last week.
Mohammed also said when fully operational, 5.5
million school children will benefit from the
programme.
He made the clarification in Lagos, yesterday, at
the eighth Alhaji Kafaru Tinubu Memorial
Ramadan Lecture, with the theme: “Supreme
sacrifice and the essence of followership in
governance.”
According to him, the Federal Government was
working carefully towards making life more
meaningful for Nigerians through carefully
designed projects, noting that a N500 billion
Social Intervention Programme had been put in
place to help alleviate poverty.
“This government is making a lot of sacrifices and
it is also expecting a lot of sacrifices from the
people. The N500 billion Social Intervention
Programme which is broken into five parts covers
employment of 500, 000 unemployed graduates
who will be trained as teachers. It also covers the
employment of 100, 000 artisans as well as the
One-Meal-A-Day programme for pupils in primary
schools.
“The Enterprise Scheme which is targeted at one
million market men and women, 460, 000
artisans, 200, 000 agriculture workers is also
covered in the programme. It also covers the
N5,000 monthly conditional cash transfer to the
poor and vulnerable,’’ he said.

Mrjo:
Stetes funding fg programme, chai! Who did this to us. Wel i thank them for changing 5k scam to another thing.