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Govt official advocates for quality education, commends FG on school feeding programs

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By Tom Okpe Special Assistant to the Kaduna State Governor on School Feeding Program, Dr Fauziya Buhari Ado has stressed the need for a comprehensive strategy to improve infrastructure towards enhancing quality of education, recognizing critical role of the Federal Government’s school

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FG feeds 9m pupils, says Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2021 0

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar, says more than nine million pupils across the country have benefited from the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Umar said this on Tuesday in Makurdi at the handing-over of cooking utensils to Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) primary school,

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FG repackaging School feeding programme for more impact – Permanent Secretary

Ihesiulo Grace 24 May 2021 0

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sony Echono says that the country’s School Feeding Programme is being repackaged for more impact. Echono made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja on Monday. He said although the programme was being handled by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster […]

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Kwara begins medical screening of 4,500 food vendors for school feeding programme

Ihesiulo Grace 27 January 2021 0

Kehinde Akinpelu, Ilorin The Kwara State Government on Monday began a week long medical screening exercise for 4,500 food vendors ahead of official take off of its Home Grown School Feeding Programme. “We are screening 4,500 food vendors across the 16 local government areas for students of primary 1-6. The Federal Government will take care […]

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₦523m school feeding: World Food Programme ‘silent’ on minister’s claims

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2020 0

Despite a claim by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Sadiya Umar-Farouq that her office partnered with the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations on the feeding school children during the lockdown, details of the partnership appear unverifiable. At a recent briefing by the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, the minister had disclosed that the […]

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School feeding programme: FG inaugurates take-home ration kits in FCT

Ihesiulo Grace 14 May 2020 0

…Targets 3.1m households The federal government on Thursday inaugurated the take-home ration kits for no fewer than 29,000 pupils in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in the Federal Capital Territory. Speaking during the inauguration, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said

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School Feeding Programme: FG to verify number of primary schools

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2020 0

The Federal Government is to verify number of primary schools presented by State governments and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq stated this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. “The […]

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School Feeding: Master bakers applaud FG, calls for expansion

Ihesiulo Grace 12 February 2020 0

Abuja Master Bakers and Caterers Association (AMBCN) FCT Chapter, has applauded the Federal Government on its ongoing school feeding programme in schools, calling for expansion to other parts of the country. The Chairman AMBCN, Ishaq Abdulraheem, gave the commendation during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. READ ALSO: […]

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120, 300 pupils to benefit from school feeding scheme in FCT— Minister

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2020 0

The Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu on Friday disclosed that 120, 300 pupils across the six area councils would benefit from the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in the FCT. Aliyu, who made this known while inaugurating the programme at the Karu Model School in Abuja, revealed that the pupils […]

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School feeding: Vendor steals 200 crates of eggs in Niger

Ihesiulo Grace 25 May 2018 0

A desk officer involved in the home grown feeding of primary school pupils has been caught with 200 crates of eggs, yam tubers stolen meant for the programme in the state. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Barrister Amina Musa stated this while briefing journalists in Minna on the implementation of the programme in the […]

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FG’s school feeding now programme now in 14 states, serving almost three million pupils

Ihesiulo Grace 14 August 2017 0

IN fulfillment of its plan to ramp up the Social Investment Programmes (SIP), this year, the federal government is now close to its target of feeding three million primary school children this year under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme, one of its four ongoing SIP schemes. Specifically, at the last count, a total of […]