Kwara State To Commence School Feeding Programme In January

The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq says the National Home-grown School Feeding Programme will commence in January.

The Governor spoke in Ilorin at the hand-over ceremony of the feeding utensils to the state focal person Bashirah AbdulRazaq by officials of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development that coordinates the scheme.

AbdulRazaq said the project represents another milestone in the administration’s catalogue of achievements.

“Today again represents a milestone in the strides of the Otoge administration. Since coming on board, we have worked hard to enlist Kwara in this laudable and hugely beneficial programme,” he said.

“The school feeding programme began a few years ago. Until today, only Kwara and another state were absent from the list.”

Represented at the event by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Mamman Saba Jibril, AbdulRazaq said his government had to relaunch the implementation committee for the programme in 2019 because the former administration failed to do it.

He said the programme will reduce malnutrition, improve school enrollment and boost the state’s economy.

The Governor commended the Federal government especially the Minister and the state agencies for their commitment.

At the ceremony were the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiyyah Umar Faruq, represented by Sefiyat Sanni; representative of the Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Poverty Alleviation, Muhammad Bawa; representative of the Kwara First Lady and Commissioner for Communications Abosede Buraimoh; Special Adviser to the Governor on Strategy Sa’ad Salau; Special Adviser on Political Abdullateef Alakawa; Special Adviser Political Communication Bashir Adigun; and Chairman Kwara SUBEB Prof Raheem Adaramaja.

Sefiyat Sanni, who stood in for the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, said the programme is designed to address poverty, boost school enrollment, nutrition and economic activities across the nation.

She said the Ministry has deployed technology-supported monitoring systems to enable it to know how the programme is being implemented and the areas that need intervention and amendment.