The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, has made it public that 9.9 million school children are going to be fed in Jan. 2020, immediately school resumes.
The minister Sadiya Umar Farouq revealed to IgbereTV that the government has paid suppliers of foodstuffs and cooks under the home-grown school feeding programme for January 2020.
The minister said the programme will hold immediately schools resume in two weeks time.
The minister noted that the payment covered the cost of feeding pupils in the 33 participating states.
She said the funds were released in December to give the suppliers and cooks adequate time to procure and stock foodstuffs to ensure that pupils eat their meals timely.
She said, “We believe that paying these funds early is critical to the success of the programme. We do not want any hitches, and we want to ensure that the school children are fed on time and without any excuses.”
