The programme, according to the government, would help “meet the basic nutritional needs of children and expand the opportunity to reach their full potential and significantly enhance the academic performance of the children.”
The programme is to feed a total number of 136, 258 pupils, who will consume 408, 774 fresh eggs, 51, 09, 670 grammes of ofada rice and 68, 120, 000 grammes of beans, weekly.
Flagging off the first phase of the programme at Ntigha primary school in Isiala Ngwa North council, weekend, Governor Ikpeazu said the initiative was borne out of a genuine desire to invest in children who are the future leaders.
He said that he understood what it meant to go to school on an empty stomach as well as the pains some parents went through to provide meals for their children, saying that under the scheme, every pupil in Abia was sure of at least one meal a day. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I don't know about others. For me I am totally against the feeding of primary school children. How long can they go with this? Who is cooking and feeding these kids? Who is monitoring the cooking and standard of what these kids are fed with. Why not use the money to upgrade the schools. Build recreational centres for the kids in various schools and some centres. Take these kids on educational tours and sites seeing to boost their knowledge. Give them electronic gadgets to learn in class rooms. Instead of poisoning them and making them lazy with thought of food. I rest my case and am out of here.
ReplyDeleteChai hunger is very bad
ReplyDeleteTwo faces of the coin...in other way good but the other way dangerous because in feeding you encourage some parents to send their wards to school and meanwhile a sadist with an evil intension could wipe off entire pupil through food poisoning.
ReplyDeleteWhy not pay the civil servants who are parents of this children so that they can feed their children while you repair the bad roads in Abia state. There is no good road in Abia state. I feel it is a misplaced priority.
ReplyDeleteApparently, this Government is clueless and lacks a clearcut direction...That's why things are being done haphazardly...Well,as events are unfolding...
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