Office Of The Vice President Press Release: School Feeding Programme Reaches 17 States

*Over 4m school pupils now eating one free meal a day.

*25,771 schools now benefitting from the programme.

*Also, N5,000 monthly Conditional Cash Transfer now funded in 16 states for 115,000 Nigerians.

Three more states have been added to the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, with an additional one million children now benefitting from it. They are Cross River, Akwa Ibom and Niger states.

This brings to 17 the number of states currently participating in the School Feeding Programme, a crucial part of President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s Social Investment Programmes, SIP, aimed at tackling poverty and hunger, as well as creating jobs for Nigerians.

The other 14 states already on the programme are Anambra, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Delta, Abia, Benue, Plateau, Bauchi, Taraba and Kaduna.

So far, in Cross River state, 117,750 children in 973 schools are being fed under the programme, while in Akwa Ibom, there are 171,732 children in 1,101 schools being fed. Niger State has a total of 710,880 being fed in 2,411 schools in the state.

In total, 4,773,064 schoolchildren in 25,771 schools in 17 states are currently benefitting from the school feeding programme.

This is a notable increase from the previous total of 2,918,842 schoolchildren from 19,881 schools in 14 states that had benefitted from the programme.

About 34,869 direct jobs have since been created from the School Feeding Programme across the participating states. In Cross River state, for example, 1,384 cooks have been engaged, while 1,309 cooks are currently engaged in Akwa Ibom State, and 5,924 cooks are engaged under the programme in Niger State.

Meanwhile, few days after the United Nations designated 17th October as the International Day for Eradication of Poverty, thousands of Nigerians identified poorest and most vulnerable have received the monthly Conditional Cash Transfer in Plateau and Cross River states.

About 115,000 beneficiaries are now being funded with the monthly N5,000 stipend in 16 states; including Borno, Cross River, Niger, Kwara, Ekiti, Kogi, Oyo, Osun, Plateau, Bauchi, Anambra, Jigawa, Taraba and Adamawa.

There are reported disbursement hitches in Benue and Anambra states, and they are being addressed. This mainly has to do with non-opening of bank accounts and enrolling beneficiaries. It is expected that by the end of next month the hitches would have been completely resolved and the beneficiaries in position to receive the cash transfers in those states.

The CCT scheme directly supports those within the lowest poverty bracket by improving nutrition, increasing household consumption and supporting the development of human capital through cash benefits to various categories of the poorest and most vulnerable.

The School Feeding Programme and Conditional Cash Transfer schemes are two of the Buhari administration’s N500 billion Social Investment Programmes, SIPs, aimed at improving the lives of ordinary Nigerians nationwide through welfare and empowerment programmes.


Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the President
Office of the Vice President
23th October, 2017

Lol, 4 developers' states are on the list, still wondering why the Sudanese Jubrin's feeding programme is not vehemently rejected. All we keep hearing are some incoherent grunts about the quantity and quality of the "zoo" food.

u mean d 1/4 bread?, dey ar trying.

Even if this government hands N100,000 to all Nigerian citizens; some people will still call for Buhari's head. I guess he will only do what he can and leave the rest for posterity. 16 years of PDP misrule will never go unpunished. The Lord's vengeance will visit them all.

MY PRESIDENT IS WORKING!!

hmmmm

Everything looks good on paper.
These are justified medium to loot.

Any testimony to these claims

love it or not.. This government is trying

is it the same #50 bread that is been shared by 4souls,this my Ègbón Buhari has lost it all and not in touch with Reality

*AburoBuhari*

rubbish

What are they giving to them..
Give their parents work and they'll be able to fed for their kids and household in general.

Lols Apc again..




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This is wrong on all front.
if the government channel its effort and resources into other projects that will benefit every Nigerian, it'll be better.
this is simply another avenue to siphon money.

What is happening in benue state regarding this programme is a mighty shame!

The Presidency needs to investigate the huge fraud going on down there.

Ortom is a collosal disgrace!

python1:
Lol, 4 developers' states are on the list, still wondering why the Sudanese Jubrin's feeding programme is not vehemently rejected. All we keep hearing are some incoherent grunts about the quantity and quality of the "zoo" food.

on a serious note, are u supporting this programme?

If u do, this country has no hope at all.. this programme is useless..create jobs, make food affordable, provide electricity, make loans available and people will not need once a day free feeding programme.

Seriously?

Who dem dey deceive?
Hunger dey North East dem come dey say dem dey feed hungry people.
Since when North come get more students than the South.?

South East contributes to Nigeria Oil production.
Also not forgetting that our cousins the south south are always with their blood the South East

python1:
Lol, 4 developers' states are on the list, still wondering why the Sudanese Jubrin's feeding programme is not vehemently rejected. All we keep hearing are some incoherent grunts about the quantity and quality of the "zoo" food.

The money used to run this country comes mainly from us, so why should they not benefit.
Na parasites up North that do not deserve it.

omenka:
What is happening in benue state regarding this programme is a mighty shame!

The Presidency needs to investigate the huge fraud going on down there.

Ortom is a collosal disgrace!

Can anything good cone from APC?
That una gov with Okoroawusa with Bello are nothing short of a tragedy

python1:
Lol, 4 developers' states are on the list, still wondering why the Sudanese Jubrin's feeding programme is not vehemently rejected. All we keep hearing are some incoherent grunts about the quantity and quality of the "zoo" food.

can anything good comes from iPod?

Four Biafran states on the list. So, Biafrans are now eating from their enemies. May God never let us eat from our enemies pot. Amen. Any Biafran who allows his ward to eat in the school feeding programme is truly a pig and an idiot just as their lord and savior Nnamdi Cownu said.

Riko2:
can anything good comes from iPod?

I seriously doubt.

I hope they're doing what they say they are and not doing their usual media hype job.

People should stop celebrating mediocrity.

efighter:
Four Biafran states on the list. So, Biafrans are now eating from their enemies. May God never let us eat from our enemies pot. Amen. Any Biafran who allows his ward to eat in the school feeding programme is truly a pig and an idiot just as their lord and savior Nnamdi Cownu said.

You are a very wise man.