Bola Bamigbola The Federal Government has been urged to review or cancel the feeding of pupils under the school feeding programme during the period of lockdown.
The National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria made this known in a letter addressed to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, a copy of which was made available toThe association said after keen observation of the implementation of the feeding programme in Abuja, it felt a review or cancellation was necessary.
“But as good as the policy is, the parents body has keenly observed the implementation at Abuja today inviting some people called parents or guardians of the pupils but our investigations proved otherwise and this called for implementation reviewed or total cancellation if our primary objective is to be achieved.
The group then demanded details of the programme or else, it would direct parents and children to reject the food.
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