The Nigerian government spent about N523.3 million on school feeding programme during the lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD), Sadiya Farouq, announced this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja. READ ALSO: Home-grown school feeding programme hits Lagos on thursday […]
The house of representatives committee on public accounts on Monday expressed serious outrage over the whopping sum of N186 billion reportedly spent by the federal government on school feeding programme through the national conditional cash transfer office (NICTO), the coordinating office handling the project in the Presidency. The house joint house committees on public accounts, […]
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development is set to hit Lagos with the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme on Thursday May 21, 2020. The modified programme was flagged off in Kuje, Abuja on May 14, 2020 by the supervising Minister, Sadiya Umar Farouq, who was joined by Paul Howe, Country Director […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to the Federal Government, asking “the authorities to urgently publish details of the suppliers and contractors, the procurement rules, including bidding processes, the total budget, and all designated voucher distribution and collection sites for the implementation of the school feeding programme at home.” […]
The furore generated by the House of Representatives recommendations on the management of funds to feed Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North East intensified Tuesday, with the Chairman, House Committee on Emergency and Disaster Management, Rep. Ali Isa, insisting that the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) governing council headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo […]