Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Investment, Sadiya Farouq says no fewer than 228,046 children have benefitted from home grown school feeding in Gombe within the last five years.

Farouq also revealed that the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme is one of the Federal Government initiatives aimed at improving literacy among the populace.

She made this disclosure during the official hand over of 5,000 feeding utensils for the Home Grown School Feeding Programme by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social investment held at Hassan Central Primary School Gombe.

Farouq, who doubles as the National Co-ordinator Social investment Programme, explained that the School Feeding Programme is mainly designed to address poverty through collaboration between the State and the Federal Government.

The Minister said, “The Federal Government has since the inception of the program enrolled over 1,234 schools, with 228,046 children being fed using the service of 3,073 cooks.”

She added, “Total investment of the Federal Government on all these sectors amount to N320,104,400 monthly. The sum of 4.5 billion Naira has been expended in the state.”

On his part, Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Yahaya pledged his administration’s commitment to supporting all projects initiated by the Federal Government aimed at Fighting Poverty and Unemployment among Nigerians.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, Governor Yahaya said, “The APC led Federal Government has taken practicable measures to ensure social protection and poverty alleviation strategies which seek to raise school enrollment, school nutrition and boost local economic activities across the communities in the country.”

He assured that the state government will do everything humanly possible to ensure that the challenges facing the successful implementation of the programme in the state are identified and addressed.

In her remarks, the State Focal Person of the Programme and Special Advisers on Social investment, Hajiya Dijatu Bappa appreciated the Federal Government for the programme which she said has greatly improved school enrollment in the the state in addition to enhancing the economic wellbeing of the Pupils and the Food Vendors.

Meanwhile, Governor Yahaya has urged participants at a four day skills and enterprenuership development training for mobile Money Agents North East holding at the Gombe State University, to remain focus while the training lasts.

Represented by the SSG, Prof. Njodi said the programme which is aimed at improving the financial inclusion was an initiative of the Federal Government to create employment for the teeming Youths in the country.

He said, “It was the desire of President Muhammadu Buhari to bequeath a Nigeria where its working population will be gainfully employed thereby reducing poverty in the state.”

The representative of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social investment and Co-ordinator of the Programme Dr, Umar Bindir said the programme is expected to train, register and support participants with starter packs worth N20,000 to operate mobile services in their respective communities.

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Lies!!! Even to feed all the mad men in Nigeria, they can't, that's how they lie so they won't question them about how the money meant for a particular project was spent because they've pocketed the money

Nonsense!! Thieves everywhere.. Even osibanjo who I used to respect is becoming something else... Allah will judge all of you politicians.

Federal government of lies. Evil people

This is highly scandalous for a state like Gombe with high numbers of out of school children and almajiri's could get such amount for school feeding.

Gombe state generates about 670m/month and 8bn per annum if Gombe state was to spend what it generates would it be comfortable spending 62.5% of its earnings on school children feeding or advocating for population control and family planning?...

We can never grow with this kind of management mentality... this only puts us in an eternal rat-race.

Health is wealth.

When you eat well, you're healthy and you can learn better.

Interesting

Hope it'll be three square meal

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Nigerians Buhari government keep borrowing and wasting it this way

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residents zombies make una come and see.here comes the cashout omo the north are very good when it comes to cashout.they are cashing out left front back center.book haram ,bandits, terrorism,now school children.we are coming to the end of next level,we will soon enter finish level

And them never obese finish

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Poverty kill you all there...
Supporting evil and yet can't survive its effects....

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Make them tell this people say make them dey lie small small.

Northerners continue producing too many children without any resources to Carter for them. If you oppose it, it will be against Islam. Almajirai kids everywhere. Too bad

Even if they feed the children and their parents, can they finish this amount?

The most corrupt government ever. Buhari thief

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Wow prudent spending …. God will punish all of u . From heads to toes

I dare you to hack my Nairaland account

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