UMUAHIA—ABIA State government has kicked off a free primary schools lunch programme aimed at giving the pupils free meal daily in all public primary schools. The programme, according to the government, would help “meet the basic nutritional needs of children and expand the opportunity to reach their full potential and significantly enhance the academic performance of the children.”
The programme is to feed a total number of 136, 258 pupils, who will consume 408, 774 fresh eggs, 51, 09, 670 grammes of ofada rice and 68, 120, 000 grammes of beans, weekly.
Flagging off the first phase of the programme at Ntigha primary school in Isiala Ngwa North council, weekend, Governor Ikpeazu said the initiative was borne out of a genuine desire to invest in children who are the future leaders.
He said that he understood what it meant to go to school on an empty stomach as well as the pains some parents went through to provide meals for their children, saying that under the scheme, every pupil in Abia was sure of at least one meal a day.
Ikpeazu lamented tons of food that end up in the dust bin on daily basis by the affluent while some children go hungry due to lack and stressed the need to bridge the gap. He pledged to sustain the programme.

lets see hw long is gonna last

youngest85:
lets see hw long is gonna last

Sai Baba Is Working Na

Aba is dying and this is all this gov can come up with??


silly governor. he should be sacked from PDP

Now that every State that can't pay salaries are rushing to feed children of the parents they owe, which pupils will Osinbajo feed?

This obsesion with feeding smacks of madness to me. The right n sane thing in my opinion should be to build lasting legacies in the educational sector. For instance, a certain standard must be met for the structural integrity and maintenance of all public primary schools. There must be a minimum number of schools in all communities or LGs, ensure strict/mandatory attendance of schools for all children of school age, provide free books and uniforms to the children, set up viable and transparent scholarship schemes so that the brightest ones are guaranteed further education dependent on performance... These are areas that a developing country like ours needs to tackle for future development. When these are in place, the govt may then choose to feed children if the funds are there. Mass govt feeding cannot be a priority!!

408, 774 fresh eggs weekly.......business for local poultry farmers!

"meet the basic nutritional needs of children and expand the opportunity to reach their full potential and significantly enhance the academic performance of the children.”






*when you pay the salaries of our parents, we their children won't strive for hunger.....

How sustainable is the program ?is not about kick starting it oh it's all keeping it going.

This is not the civic responsibility of the government. if parents have good job, they can take care of their ward. misplaced priority.

sanandreas:
This is not the civic responsibility of the government. if parents have good job, they can take care of their ward. misplaced priority.

I know this people in abia state,they rushed to implement this Buhari programe of feeding school children because they know its an easy avenue to loot funds meant for the development Of the state.

Fyno:
I know this people in abia state,they rushed to implement this Buhari programe of feeding school children because they know its an easy avenue to loot funds meant for the development Of the state.

exactly my broda. Did they do background study and know how many people they will be feed. This programme is not for the masses.

The program is mostly funded by private and public enterprises while the State Government takes lesser percentage contribution.

Meanwhile, the FG is contributing 60% to the project as counterpart funding hence the burden on Abia State Government is around 10% to 15% to keep the policy rolling.

SANDOSKI:
"meet the basic nutritional needs of children and expand the opportunity to reach their full potential and significantly enhance the academic performance of the children.”






*when you pay the salaries of our parents, we their children won't strive for hunger.....

Are you aware that not up to 5% of the state's workforce works for government?

let him come and construct roads in aba for us, people are suffering here.