Osinbajo to launch School Feeding Programme today
Thu Jun 09, 2016 07:08:am National
2.6K By Buchi Obichie
Nigeria's first national home-grown school feeding programme will be launched today, by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo.
The National School Feeding Programme is expected to ensure the feeding of over 24 million primary school children; and would see school children receiving one meal per day in the first year of its operation.
Federal and State Governments are expected to review the strategic plan for the scheme which is part of the N500 billion social investment plans of President Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency.
The event is billed to hold at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Some dignitaries expected to be in attendance include Governors of Borno, Oyo, Osun, Enugu and Kaduna states, and other government representatives and stakeholders from the nations' 36 states, and developmental partners.
A statement released from the Office of the Acting President said the strategic plans will run until 2020, and that it forms the cornerstone of the nationwide Home Grown School Feeding programme.
The statement added that "the Federal Government is working with key technical partners to capitalize upon global experience and adopt best practices."
One such partner is the UK's Imperial College, London's Partnership for Child Development, PCD, which is providing technical assistance to the Presidency.
The scheme is designed to increase and improve pupils enthusiasm for school, help them become better students; and also boost the local economies, and create new jobs along the way.
Osinbajo would also use the occasion to launch the "Global School Feeding Sourcebook: Lessons from 14 countries," a joint Partnership for Child Development between the World Bank and World Food Programme, which analyzes national school feeding programmes around the globe.
The National School Feeding Programme is expected to ensure the feeding of over 24 million primary school children; and would see school children receiving one meal per day in the first year of its operation.
Federal and State Governments are expected to review the strategic plan for the scheme which is part of the N500 billion social investment plans of President Muhammadu Buhari's Presidency.
The event is billed to hold at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Some dignitaries expected to be in attendance include Governors of Borno, Oyo, Osun, Enugu and Kaduna states, and other government representatives and stakeholders from the nations' 36 states, and developmental partners.
A statement released from the Office of the Acting President said the strategic plans will run until 2020, and that it forms the cornerstone of the nationwide Home Grown School Feeding programme.
The statement added that "the Federal Government is working with key technical partners to capitalize upon global experience and adopt best practices."
One such partner is the UK's Imperial College, London's Partnership for Child Development, PCD, which is providing technical assistance to the Presidency.
The scheme is designed to increase and improve pupils enthusiasm for school, help them become better students; and also boost the local economies, and create new jobs along the way.
Osinbajo would also use the occasion to launch the "Global School Feeding Sourcebook: Lessons from 14 countries," a joint Partnership for Child Development between the World Bank and World Food Programme, which analyzes national school feeding programmes around the globe.
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