From Saka Bolaji, Minna
Niger state government on Wednesday showered praises on the Rauf Aregbesola administration in Osun state, especially for the success recorded by the governments school feeding policy, saying the scheme had created over 4,000 jobs in the state.
“Osun state has become the best in the implementation of this school feeding policy,” Niger state Commissioner for Education, Hajia Fatima Madugu, said at the opening of a two-day stakeholder meeting and step-down training on Home-grown school feeding programme.
Hajia Madugu said the objective of the Niger state government is “to become the second best in the implementation of the school feeding system.
The commissioner observed that the Home-grown school feeding system was the most complicated of all the social intervention schemes introduced by the federal government but said it would achieve the retention of pupils in schools in addition to creating jobs.
The focal person of the programme in the state, Mrs Afiniki Dauda, in her speech assured that the feeding policy would kick off in the state in the next six weeks.
In a communique at the end of the technical session the state government was advised to put in place the legal framework work that would ensure the sustenance of the programme.
The communiqué also urged the Niger State Universal Basic Education Board to come up with data of school pupils while also seeking for logistic support for the smooth running of the scheme.
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