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Breaking! Minister Flags off "modified" Homegrown School Feeding Programme in FCT

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Haijia Sadiya Umar Farouq, Thursday flagged off the modified Homegrown School Feeding Programme at Kuje Primary School School in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

In attendance at the event included Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Hon. Abdullahi Sabo, the Gomo of Kuje, Alhaji Haruna Tanko, representative of minister of State for FCT and her SA on Social Investment Programme, Mrs Chinwendu Etiaba, Representative of Senator for the FCT, Alhaji Ali Dankaru, among others.

Speaking at the event, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Haijia Sadiya Umar Farouq, said that the Ministry is working with state governments to ensure the programme is a success in different states for 3.1 million households, following President Muhammadu Buhari's directive.

She said: "As we have stated consistently, this programme is funded by the Federal Government but implemented by the states. I am therefore here to flag off the commencement of the modified program in the FCT and to conduct a spot checks of the operations. Hunger is a serious by-product of this pandemic crisis, which is why, from the onset, the Ministry has been evolving strategies to facilitate humanitarian interventions.

"The commencement of the school feeding programme today is based on Mr. President’s directive to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to liaise with State governments to develop strategies on the continuation of the school feeding programme.

"The Ministry in consultation and collaboration with State governments identified the distribution of Take-Home Rations (THR) to the households of the children on the programme as a feasible method of achieving this directive after exploring several options.

"This is a globally accepted means of supporting children to continue to have access to nutrient rich foods despite disruptions to the traditional channels of school feeding. Beginning today in Abuja, this programme will target parents and guardians of children in primary 1 to 3 in public schools participating in the programme."

She added: "A total of 3.1 million households are targeted for this intervention. Lagos and Ogun states are next ports of call before the programme moves to other states of the federation. As noted earlier we are working with the World Food Programme who are providing technical support while other agencies of government have been invited to provide an extra layer of monitoring.

"They include the DSS, EFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Bureau and a host of NGOs and CSOs. The Ministry is using the opportunity of this modified program to collect and verify data with the support of CSOs and NGOs such as ActionAid, BudgIT, Tracka, and CMDA. We are thankful for the support of NGOs including Wimbiz, Waterlight initiative, AU ECOSOC, Orphans and women support initiative, Youth fighters for covid-19, Nigerian red cross, Coalition of NGOs and CSOs against covid-19, Africa global empowerment and development network and a host others supporting the Ministry.

"We are working hard with our partners to mitigate the challenge posed by hunger especially during this trying period. Please be assured that we are focused, determined and committed to cushioning the effects for Nigerians."

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