Shameless Nigerian Government: FG Feeding Schools without pupils
The Federal Government on Tuesday said
it had concluded plans with state governments to start feeding
schoolchildren in their various homes.
According to the Federal Ministry of
Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, the
federal and state governments had agreed to continue the Home-Grown
School Feeding Programme using a door-to-door voucher distribution
system.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,
Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, said the
programme would give priority to Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital
Territory.
In a statement issued by her ministry’s
Assistant Director of Information, Rhoda Iliya, the minister stated the
programme would extend to all states currently participating in the
scheme for a period of 30 days.
She was quoted as saying, “Vouchers will
allocate collection time to avoid overcrowding. The vouchers will be
redeemed at designated distribution sites.”
Farouq further stated that the
Conditional Cash Transfer Programme supervised by her ministry had so
far distributed N20,000 each to 110,202 existing beneficiaries on the
National Social Register in seven states.
This means the ministry had disbursed a
total of over N2.2bn, as Farouq said payments would commence in 17
additional states on Monday.
She said, “It is important to highlight
that since the creation of the ministry, we have piloted digital payment
in six states and part of the overhaul of the CCT programme is
transitioning to digital payments across all participating states.”
The minister said the National Emergency
Management Agency was ready to deploy 45,000 metric tonnes of food
items to households of satellite towns in front line states including
Lagos, FCT and Ogun, with particular emphasis on vulnerable households.
She said the North East Development
Commission had provided 11,000 Personal Protective Equipment, 12
ventilators and 6,000 surgical masks to six states in the North-East
geopolitical zone.
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