NHGSFP, Now Feeds 10 million Pupils Daily- FG


Blessing Bature-Akpakpan, Abuja


The Fedear Government through the Federal Ministry Of Humanitarian Affairs disaster management and Social Development has report that 10 million pupils have benefited from National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme and over One Hundred Thousand Cooks engaged.

The Minister who made this known at the zonal flag off and handover of feeding Utensils to the federal capital territory that through the NSIP programme, massive employment opportunities are being created within the school feeding ecosystem in sectors of transportation, agriculture, energy supply and food materials packaging.

Farouq said, "this program is designed to reduce poverty in all its forms and is a collaboration between the FG and SG, where the FG is responsible for funding, making policy & guidelines, and conduct of close monitoring, while the States/FCT carries out the day-to-day implementation including procurement of food items, selection of cooks and vendors who would prepare, cook and serve the meals to the pupils.

The purpose of this intervention is to ensure that the target pupils have the best experience of integrity, hygiene and safety during their consumption of the free meals that is provided by the FG.

Recall that in March 2020, the whole world was grounded to a halt, schools were shut down, businesses were closed down due to the pandemic. The FG under the directives of His Excellency, President Muhammdu Buhari adapted its social protection mechanisms to respond to the social and economic challenges brought on the people by the pandemic.

Part of these was the deployment of take-home rations initiative to Lagos, FCT and Ogun states, where a total of 124,000 households of pupils on the program were targeted to receive a food basket comprising of uncooked materials including rice, beans, palm oil, eggs etc. This was specifically selected for the nutritional benefits of the children. We recorded tremendous success in this intervention that brough succor to the lives of many Nigerians who are at the bottom of the pyramid.

She said, "I am convinced that the school feeding program is quite important to the administration of President Muhammdu Buhari, and is part of the central activity to the realization of the vision of His Excellency to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years, saying we will therefore continue to roll our policies and strategies that will be able to strengthen, sustain and scale up the program as well as all the other social investment programs".

The Federal Government its highly committed to this crucial intervention, which is why I am pleased to note that the school feeding program has resumed across the Nation following a short break brought about by the COVID-19 Pandemic, she said.

The FCT state minister, Hajia Ramatu Tijani who was ably represented by the SA FCT, Chinedu Eteyen Amba appreciated Mr president for the timely intervention and charged the beneficiaries to take advantage of the program and make good use of the utensils.

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