Tuesday, February 14, 2017

FG release N844, 360, 550 to seven states for the provision of at least one meal per day for students

 The Federal Government has released N844, 360, 550 to seven states for the provision of at least one meal per day to students.


Also, a total number of 11,775 cooks have been employed to prepare the meals in those states, while local farmers in the states as major producers of the food prepared and served.

   The states include: Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun and Zamfara states.

   While Anambra, Enugu, Osun, Ogun, and Oyo, have commenced the feeding programme, others have not started the implementation at the moment.Ebonyi and Zamfara are expected to start this week.

Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the President, Office of the Vice President,LaoluAkande, disclosed this while giving an update on the Social Investment Programme of the present administration.

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