FG to enrol 1.2m pupils under school feeding programme in Kano

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Kano
By Bashir Bello, KANO

The Federal Government is to enrol no fewer than 1.2 million primary school pupils into the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme in Kano State.

The Focal Person, National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), Baba-Amin Zubairu, made this known during the distribution of engagement letters and tablets to some trained Independent Monitors in Kano.

Speaking at the event, the Minister, Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Faruk said the trained persons were to monitor the feeding programme.

Faruk represented by her Permanent Secretary, Bashir Nura-Alkali, said each independent monitor was expected to monitor the programme in their local government areas and report to the ministry.

He said that the devices to be used for monitoring were made in the country, and the monitoring application was designed by an indigenous company.

The Minister however urged them to work diligently and warned them against…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper