FG’s school feeding programme gulps N6.2bn in 14 states

The Federal Government, spent N6.2bn on its National Homegrown School Feeding Programme during the academic year that ended in August.

The programme is a component of the present administration’s Social Investment Programmes which attracted N500bn allocation in both the 2016 and 2017 budgets.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, in a statement said, the amount was spent on feeding primary school pupils in 14 states.

Akande said 2,827,501 school children were currently benefiting from the scheme, which has three million children as its target.

He listed the 14 beneficiary states to include Anambra, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Delta and Abia.

Others are Benue, Plateau, Bauchi, Taraba and Kaduna.

UCJ, UNILORIN.