The Office of the Acting President says N6,204,912,889 has been paid out to 14 states during the school year ending August 2017 to feed millions of school pupils.
\nA detailed breakdown by Osinbajo’s spokesman, Mr. Laolu Akande adds that
\nover 33,000 cooks were hired across the States
\nThe spending, according to Akande, is in fulfillment of government’s plan to ramp up the Social Investment Programmes, SIP.
\nThis year, he added, the Buhari administration is close to its target of feeding three million primary school children this year under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme, one of its four ongoing SIP schemes.
\nSpecifically, at the last count, a total of N6,204,912,889 has been paid out to 14 states during the school year ending August 2017.
\nThe 14 states that have been covered under the School Feeding programme are Anambra, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Delta, Abia, Benue, Plateau, Bauchi, Taraba and Kaduna.
\nSo far, a total of 2,827,501 school children are currently benefiting from the School Feeding Programme, which is well on course to achieve the Federal Government\u2019s projection to feed over three million pupils this year.
\nIn total, 33,895 cooks have been engaged in the communities where the schools are located across the 14 states.
\nBelow is a breakdown of the payment to each state and the number of school children being fed under the programme.
\nAnambra state received a total of N693,013,300, while a total of 103,742 children have been fed thus far, with 1,009 cooks paid.
\nEnugu state got a total of N 571,877,400 and 108,898 children have been fed so far, with 1,276 cooks paid.
\nIn Oyo state, a total of N490,296,800 \u00a0was released by the FG for the feeding of 107,983 children, with 1.372 cooks engaged.
\nOsun state received a total of N1,000,394,888 for the feeding of 151,438 children. A total of 2,863 cooks were engaged in the state.
\nSimilarly, Ogun state received a total of and N1,042,217,400 for the feeding of 231,660 schoolchildren, while a total of 2,205 cooks were paid.
\nFor Ebonyi state, a total of N344,633,100 has been released for the feeding of 163,137 pupils so far, with a total of 1,453 cooks paid.
\nIn the same vein, Zamfara state received a total of N402,295,600 for the feeding of 107,347 schoolchildren, while 1,127 cooks were engaged.
\nDelta state received a total of N225,896,300 for the feeding of 141,663 pupils. A total of 1,364 cooks were engaged in the state.
\nAbia and Benue states received a total of N128,763,600 and N337,157,800 respectively to feed a total of 61,316 and 240,827 pupils respectively. In Abia state, a total of 750 cooks were engaged, while 3,344 cooks were paid in Benue state.
\nSimilarly, Plateau and Bauchi states received a total of N133,187,600 and N214,909,101 for the feeding of a total of 95,134 and 307,013 pupils respectively in the states. Also, 1,418 cooks have so far been engaged in Plateau state, with 3,261 in Bauchi state.
\nFor Taraba state, a total of N120,284,500 was paid and 171,835 pupils have thus far been fed, with a total of 2,596 cooks paid.
\nKaduna state received a total of N499,985,500 while 835,508 pupils have been fed so far. Also, a total of 9,857 cooks were paid under the programme in the state.
\nMore States and primary school pupils across the country are expected to benefit from the feeding programme by the time schools reopen next month for a new session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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