FG to resume school feeding scheme in February with 5m additional pupils

19 Jan FG to resume school feeding scheme in February with 5m additional pupils

The Federal Government has said it will resume the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) across the country by February.

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, disclosed this, yesterday, in Abuja at the 4th annual review of the scheme.

“We are commencing the school feeding scheme immediately school resumes. We normally do the payment at the third week of the month. So, before the third week of February we will be able to achieve some of these things. And we will be able to see increment in school enrollment,” she said.

Farouq said additional five million pupils, including children in non-conventional educational settings, would be added to the scheme. She said the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had been added to NHGSFP, while Kwara State would be included in the coming months.