The Federal Government has disclosed that 10
million primary school pupils across the
country will benefit from the newly-introduced
school feeding programme initiated by the
Federal Government tagged “Buhari food for
the children.”
A statement by the Minister of Labour and
Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, noted that
while five million pupils from Primary 1 -3
would be catered for by the Federal
Government under the programme while the
states were expected to feed another five
million from Primary 4 -6 through a
counterpart funding programme.
According to the Minister of Labour, the
programme had begun in eight states,
including Anambra.
He added that it was important that Nigerians
should know that ‘it is Buhari food for the
children’ which, he stated, was part of
measures to cushion hardship faced by
parents.
He said: “To whom much is given, much is
also expected. For the Federal Government to
use Anambra as one of the states to begin the
school feeding programme shows that
President Buhari considers Anambra a very
important state. We, therefore, call on the
Anambra State government to fulfill its part of
the agreement without delay,” the minister
stressed.
