The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed the number
of children benefitting from the Federal Government’s school feeding programme
daily.
Osinbajo said nine million children across the federation
are currently served a meal per-day under the Home-Ground School Feeding
programme.
He disclosed this while stating that the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led administration was making progress in tackling the problem of
malnutrition in the country through the implementation of various intervention
programmes and increased funding.
Osinbajo spoke Tuesday at the 2020 Virtual Conference on Nutrition in Nigeria, organized by the Aisha Buhari Foundation in collaboration with development partners and was contained in a statement forwarded by his spokesman, Laolu Akande.
He also disclosed that about 1.2 million Nigerians have
benefitted from the federal government’s Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme.
According to Osinbajo: “The Social Investment Programmes
(SIPs has also been helpful), “particularly the Home-Ground School Feeding
Programme for public schools currently feeds over 9 million children across 34
states and the FCT, serving one nutritious meal every day.
“And our Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme that has provided
cash transfers to about 1.2 million beneficiaries so far, to boost income.”
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