Nairametrics
  • Home
  • Exclusives
    • Financial Analysis
    • Corporate Stories
    • Interviews
    • Investigations
    • Metrics
  • Markets
    • Currencies
    • Cryptos
    • Commodities
    • Equities
      • Dividends
      • Stock Market
    • Fixed Income
    • Market Views
    • Securities
  • Industries
    • Company News
    • Consumer Goods
    • Corporate Updates
    • Corporate deals
    • Corporate Press Releases
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Hospitality & Travel
    • Manufacturing
    • Real Estate and Construction
    • Tech News
  • Economy
    • Nairalytics
    • Macro-Economic News
    • Research Analysis
    • Budget
    • Public Debt
  • Business News
  • Financial Literacy
    • Career tips
    • Personal Finance
  • Lifestyle
    • Billionaire Watch
    • Profiles
  • Opinions
    • Blurb
    • Op-Eds
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Exclusives
    • Financial Analysis
    • Corporate Stories
    • Interviews
    • Investigations
    • Metrics
  • Markets
    • Currencies
    • Cryptos
    • Commodities
    • Equities
      • Dividends
      • Stock Market
    • Fixed Income
    • Market Views
    • Securities
  • Industries
    • Company News
    • Consumer Goods
    • Corporate Updates
    • Corporate deals
    • Corporate Press Releases
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Hospitality & Travel
    • Manufacturing
    • Real Estate and Construction
    • Tech News
  • Economy
    • Nairalytics
    • Macro-Economic News
    • Research Analysis
    • Budget
    • Public Debt
  • Business News
  • Financial Literacy
    • Career tips
    • Personal Finance
  • Lifestyle
    • Billionaire Watch
    • Profiles
  • Opinions
    • Blurb
    • Op-Eds
No Result
View All Result
Nairametrics
No Result
View All Result
Home Business News Business

FG says it is currently feeding 9 million students under School Feeding Programme

William UkpebyWilliam Ukpe
1 year ago
in Business
FG says it is currently feeding 9 million students under School Feeding Programme
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linkedin

The Federal Government has revealed that up to 9 million pupils nationwide are beneficiaries of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP).

This was disclosed by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Hajia Sadiya on Tuesday in Makurdi at the handing-over of cooking utensils to the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) primary school, Wurukum.

She disclosed that the school feeding programme is one of the administration’s policies to lift 100 million out of poverty, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.

What the Minister is saying

The Minister said that “100,000 cooks were engaged in the programme across the country”, adding that the scheme is “a collaborative venture with the federal government, seeking to boost school enrolment, enhance the nutritional value of pupils and impact the local economy

“The programme had created employment within the school feeding ecosystem in sectors of transportation and manufacturing.”

The minister also stated that the Humanitarian Ministry also identified areas of improvement to scale up the programme with an additional five million beneficiaries, including a nationwide enumeration exercise with the objective of data verification, upgrading the quality of data and updating existing records to accommodate the scaling exercise.

She pledge that the programme would undergo review to ensure it fulfilled its objectives and promised improved service delivery in the programme.

In case you missed it

Nairametrics reported in July that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, stated that the Federal Government will enrol an additional 5 million pupils into its National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) by 2023.

Related

Tags: Hajia SadiyaNational Home Grown School Feeding ProgrammeNHGSFPSchool Feeding programme

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

HFM
Mega Millions
Mega Millions
Standard
Patricia





NM newsletters

Business News | Stock Market | Money Market | Cryptos | Financial Literacy | SME |

Recent News

  • Nigeria’s pension fund assets gain N1.5 trillion in 2022 to hit record high of N14.99 trillion
  • Lekki Port will boost Nigeria’s economy, attract Foreign Direct Investment -Dinesh Rathi, CEO, Lagos Free Zone
  • Any alternative to issuing N33 trillion debt should be explored —Expert

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

Director-General: National Pension Commission

Nigeria’s pension fund assets gain N1.5 trillion in 2022 to hit record high of N14.99 trillion

January 30, 2023
Lekki Port will boost Nigeria’s economy, attract Foreign Direct Investment -Dinesh Rathi, CEO, Lagos Free Zone

Lekki Port will boost Nigeria’s economy, attract Foreign Direct Investment -Dinesh Rathi, CEO, Lagos Free Zone

January 30, 2023
  • Home
  • Exclusives
  • Markets
  • Industries
  • Economy
  • Business News
  • Financial Literacy
  • Lifestyle
  • Opinions

© 2023 Nairametrics

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Exclusives
    • Financial Analysis
    • Corporate Stories
    • Interviews
    • Investigations
    • Metrics
  • Markets
    • Currencies
    • Cryptos
    • Commodities
    • Equities
      • Dividends
      • Stock Market
    • Fixed Income
    • Market Views
    • Securities
  • Industries
    • Company News
    • Consumer Goods
    • Corporate Updates
    • Corporate deals
    • Corporate Press Releases
    • Energy
    • Entertainment
    • Financial Services
    • Hospitality & Travel
    • Manufacturing
    • Real Estate and Construction
    • Tech News
  • Economy
    • Nairalytics
    • Macro-Economic News
    • Research Analysis
    • Budget
    • Public Debt
  • Business News
  • Financial Literacy
    • Career tips
    • Personal Finance
  • Lifestyle
    • Billionaire Watch
    • Profiles
  • Opinions
    • Blurb
    • Op-Eds

© 2023 Nairametrics