The federal government school feeding programme has created 10,000 jobs in Niger State.

The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Coordinator of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Mrs Amina Musa Gwam, disclosed this on Thursday.

According to her, of the 10,000 jobs created, about 5,000 were cooks who were engaged from the 274 wards in the state.

Mrs Gwam said the state government had also recruited monitors in all the wards to supervise the school feeding scheme in order to also ensure that the vendors complied with the laid down policy.

“We have worked out how to make the Home Grown School Feeding Programme successful in Niger State, we are very transparent with what we are doing. No money comes to us, all monies go directly to the vendors and the aggregators,” Gwam said.

She said the scheme had also been able to bring down the cost of the raw materials by buying directly from dealers, a development she said had not had negative effect on the market prices of the items.

According to Mrs Gwam, each senatorial zone of the state was being patronised for agricultural product. They have comparative advantage of which would also boost the cultivation of the produce in the zones.

She said the menu approved was the food the pupils were used to in their homes, insisting that “on no condition would two or three pupils share one egg when they have it on their menu”.

Asked to comment on the assistance of the state government, Gwam said: “What the state government is investing is unimaginable,” adding that apart from paying the monitors, government is also responsible for the training of those engaged.

The school feeding programme was relaunched last Monday following its suspension for about three months as a result of alleged manipulation of the scheme.

The federal government had removed some top officials of the programme and directed the Niger State government to transfer the scheme to the Ministry of Women Affairs.

Those in the SW school dont need feeding abi?
Two faced govt

I trust, Osinbajo, to take proactive action

Oluwabash:
The federal government school feeding programme has created 10,000 jobs in Niger State.

The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Coordinator of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Mrs Amina Musa Gwam, disclosed this on Thursday.

According to her, of the 10,000 jobs created, about 5,000 were cooks who were engaged from the 274 wards in the state.

Mrs Gwam said the state government had also recruited monitors in all the wards to supervise the school feeding scheme in order to also ensure that the vendors complied with the laid down policy.

“We have worked out how to make the Home Grown School Feeding Programme successful in Niger State, we are very transparent with what we are doing. No money comes to us, all monies go directly to the vendors and the aggregators,” Gwam said.

She said the scheme had also been able to bring down the cost of the raw materials by buying directly from dealers, a development she said had not had negative effect on the market prices of the items.

According to Mrs Gwam, each senatorial zone of the state was being patronised for agricultural product. They have comparative advantage of which would also boost the cultivation of the produce in the zones.

She said the menu approved was the food the pupils were used to in their homes, insisting that “on no condition would two or three pupils share one egg when they have it on their menu”.

Asked to comment on the assistance of the state government, Gwam said: “What the state government is investing is unimaginable,” adding that apart from paying the monitors, government is also responsible for the training of those engaged.

The school feeding programme was relaunched last Monday following its suspension for about three months as a result of alleged manipulation of the scheme.

The federal government had removed some top officials of the programme and directed the Niger State government to transfer the scheme to the Ministry of Women Affairs.

The best move avert sickness among young ones and make them nutrition and healthy..young ones will face their studies squarely if feeding is sure.

Oluwabash:
The federal government school feeding programme has created 10,000 jobs in Niger State.

The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Coordinator of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Mrs Amina Musa Gwam, disclosed this on Thursday.

According to her, of the 10,000 jobs created, about 5,000 were cooks who were engaged from the 274 wards in the state.

Mrs Gwam said the state government had also recruited monitors in all the wards to supervise the school feeding scheme in order to also ensure that the vendors complied with the laid down policy.

“We have worked out how to make the Home Grown School Feeding Programme successful in Niger State, we are very transparent with what we are doing. No money comes to us, all monies go directly to the vendors and the aggregators,” Gwam said.

She said the scheme had also been able to bring down the cost of the raw materials by buying directly from dealers, a development she said had not had negative effect on the market prices of the items.

According to Mrs Gwam, each senatorial zone of the state was being patronised for agricultural product. They have comparative advantage of which would also boost the cultivation of the produce in the zones.

She said the menu approved was the food the pupils were used to in their homes, insisting that “on no condition would two or three pupils share one egg when they have it on their menu”.

Asked to comment on the assistance of the state government, Gwam said: “What the state government is investing is unimaginable,” adding that apart from paying the monitors, government is also responsible for the training of those engaged.

The school feeding programme was relaunched last Monday following its suspension for about three months as a result of alleged manipulation of the scheme.

The federal government had removed some top officials of the programme and directed the Niger State government to transfer the scheme to the Ministry of Women Affairs.

welldone working Vice president ever..we are getting there EDUCATION a panacea towards nation development...a good move to encourage those students to face there studies