Buhari’s Govt Feeding 7.6m Primary School Pupils Daily – Osinbajo

No fewer than 7.6 million primary school pupils are benefitting daily from the Federal Government’s home-grown school feeding programme, Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, claimed on Friday.

Osinbajo said the Muhammadu Buhari government’s school feeding programme spans across 22 states in the country.

The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), according to the Vice President, was initiated to ensure that primary school pupils enjoy at least one nourishing meal per day.

Osinbajo said this during his visit to Akure, the Ondo State capital, where he inspected the implementation of the programme by the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu-led state government.

During his tour of Alagbaka Estate Primary School, Akure, the Vice President had lunch with pupils of the school.

He said, “I have tasted the food myself and I think it is the quite nice.’’

Osinbajo equally revealed that at least another 300,000 Nigerian youths, who will be engaged in the N-power programme, would be deployed to public primary schools across the country.

“I have seen firsthand what the N-Power teachers are doing in the classroom, using tablets to teach. I was able to see it for myself and also use it in teaching the pupils.

“As you know, in the programme, each of the teachers has a tablet which contains materials for teaching and I wanted to see in particular how they used the tablets and the materials.

“I think it’s a very revolutionary thing for all these young men and women who have volunteered to participate in the programme,” he said.

Speaking also during the Vice President’s visit, Governor Akeredolu regretted that Ondo only recently joined the school feeding programme.

“It is rather unfortunate that we are just joining. Our caterers in the NHGSFP are being paid monthly and this has improved the economy of the state.

“The food that is served the pupils which I and the vice president ate was a sumptuous meal.

“I believe we are on course. What we need to do is to ensure that we get more school pupils registered. The federal government is ready to feed them also,” said the governor.