Nigeria: School Feeding Scheme Attracts N980 Billion Investment -VP Osinbajo
Amid fears that a government policy of feeding primary school pupils in the country will impose a huge financial burden on the Buhari administration, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday that...
View ArticleNigeria to Model School Feeding Programme after Brazil
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Arc. Sonny Echono, says school feeding programme in Nigeria should be fashioned after the Brazilian model. The Nigeria’s...
View ArticleRwanda: How School Feeding Funding Worries Parents
''This will obviously require parents who have students in boarding schools to pay more school fees and they should start getting ready from the on-going holidays to embrace the changes.'' The post...
View ArticleNigeria: NASCO Foods to Produce Nutrient Buscuits for FG’s School Feeding...
NASCO Food Limited is to produce high nutrient density biscuits to feed about 30 million school children below the age of 13 in Nigeria. The federal government over the weekend signed a Memorandum of...
View ArticleEgypt: Govt to Expand School Feeding Programme to Reach All Public Schools
The Egyptian delegation has presented its plan to further expand the National School Feeding Programme NSFP so as to reach all government-funded schools. World Food Programme in Egypt has been...
View ArticleNigeria: Pupils Abandon Classes After Eating Free Meals
Pupils in Kaduna State have developed the habit of leaving school immediately after the free meal under the guise of going to drink water. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and...
View ArticleZambia: Govt to Give Meal Allowances to University Students
The government has rescinded the decision to abolish meal allowances for University of Zambia and Copperbelt University students. Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu in February announced in...
View ArticleUganda: Why Govt Wants Parents to Feed Their Children at School
the Ugandan Government has directed that parents must feed their children while at school as it has no money. The directive is contained in a policy guideline on School Feeding and Nutrition...
View ArticleNigeria: School Feeding Programme Set for Launch
Nigeria’s first national Home Grown School Feeding programme which would affect about 5.5million Nigerians in the first year of its operation would be rolling out soon in several states, the presidency...
View ArticleNigeria: School Feeding Programme to Benefit 20 Million Children Nationwide
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Home Grown School Feeding scheme would bring positive change to the lives of over 20 million children nationwide. Speaking yesterday at the launch of...
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