Many Nigerians have questioned the effectiveness of the programme amid beliefs that it is one of several channels for government officials to siphon public funds.
The Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government says it has increased its National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme of N70 per day school feeding of a child in public primary school to N100.
“When we started in 2016 before COVID-19, we experienced with difficulty to implement the N70 per child. Bindir used the occasion to advise the team from all the states of the federation to key into the presidential gesture and the cabinet commitment to ensure that the initiative was a sustainable one.
“It is also about enhancing the value, the commercial and entrepreneur value of our small scale farmers. “The National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme of Nigeria is recognised now globally as one of the most an ambitious programme of feeding our children in public schools.
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