Buhari govt feeds 9m school children daily, 1.2m Nigerians benefitted from cash transfer programme - Osinbajo
Afnews Editor
Aug 18, 2020
The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has disclosed the number of children benefitting from the Federal Government's school feeding programme daily.
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Osinbajo said nine million children across the federation are currently served a meal per-day under the Home-Ground School Feeding programme.
He disclosed this while stating that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was making progress in tackling the problem of malnutrition in the country through the implementation of various intervention programmes and increased funding.
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Osinbajo spoke Tuesday at the 2020 Virtual Conference on Nutrition in Nigeria, organized by the Aisha Buhari Foundation in collaboration with development partners.
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He also disclosed that about 1.2 million Nigerians have benefitted from the federal government's Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme.
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According to Osinbajo: "The Social Investment Programmes (SIPs has also been helpful), "particularly the Home-Ground School Feeding Programme for public schools currently feeds over 9 million children across 34 states and the FCT, serving one nutritious meal every day.
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"And our Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme that has provided cash transfers to about 1.2 million beneficiaries so far, to boost income."
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