Kaduna State Government, yesterday, expressed concern over the desertion of schools by primary school pupils after taking the free meal offered them. The pupils have developed the habit of leaving school immediately after the free meal under the guise of going to drink water.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Shehu Adamu, told newsmen in Kaduna that government was disturbed by the situation.


He appealed to parents to ensure that children remain in school after taking their free meals, so as not to jeopardise the programme. Adamu said that parents must also ensure that no child returned home until closing hours, “otherwise the aim would be defeated.”

The commissioner stressed that the programme was introduced to encourage school enrolment, attendance and retention. He said: “The main goal of the school feeding programme is to attract out-of-school children to school and keep them in class for them to acquire education and better their lives. “We will not allow a situation where children will just come to school and leave the moment they finished eating their meals; if it is about water, we have already asked parents to provide water for their children.


“Therefore, parents have a responsibility of ensuring that the children do not only come to school on time, but remain in school till closing hours.” On the delay in paying vendors supplying food under the programme, he said they had been directed to open account with Heritage Bank through which they would be getting their payments.


Adamu said the bank officials would screen and capture all the vendors in their respective local government areas. He reminded the food vendors not to cook on March 25 and 28, being Good Friday and Easter Monday.

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NO MATTER HOW YOU FORCE THEM, THEIR HEAD NO THEY FOR BOOK








AND NA ALL THESE CHILDREN THEY ENJOY 'QUOTA SYSTEM', WHEREBY SERIOUS SOUTHERNERS THEY BEG FOR ATTENTION. THE NORTH IS THE PROBLEM OF THIS COUNTRY, LORD LUGARD MAY ROT IN HELL FOR THIS. MOST OF OUR USE LESS LEADERS LIKE GMB, IBB ETC WERE PRODUCTS OF THIS SYSTEM.

Nawa o! It seems the northern children aren't even interested in school, the question is why?

May be Elrufai should add toy guns and knockout fundamentals so that the food could be put to use!!

Na joke o!

Kukuma give provide wata na at least wen person chop, he go drink water even mama put dey provide water. All dos stori about papa or mama to pusuch deir pikin go school after dem chop non fit work oh.

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Home should be the focus of the government if they really want to keep these children in school. Since the primary aim of feeding them is to keep them in school which is now failing, government should review the program and make it "home focused". What do I mean? Calculate what it takes to feed a child in a month. Tell the parents to make sure their wards and children come and sit at school. Ask the parents to come forward for their children feeding expenses at the end of each month if they sit at school. Don't give the parents of those who sit out of school.

Employ computer analysts to tie various children to their parent to avoid multiple parentage and claims.

Ha ha ha ha northerner n boko are endless enemy !!!
Buch of illiterates

unserious children.

How won't dey lai and run away wen dere fadas are grand LAIng patronz. No wonder dey lai a lot...it starts from nurturing age. Even d father of d Arewa's no get WAEC cert.

hahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha!!!!! Lalasticlala come see somtin

Almajiri will always be Almajiri.



Them no come for the study o, them come for the abinci o.

Its all about the food jor.

hahaha..nigerian never cease to amaze me..proper security around the school will prevent them from leaving the school..northerner never really believe in education any way

na so

Before nko?

At their age dem don dey sabi to act like politicians - #chopandrun

Ladies and gentlemen, you are already knowing our leaders of tomorrow today

lol. 'Awon omo NO TIME'

lmaooooo

No time for book but food! lolz

Hhahahahahaa

Toh that's what the government told them to come to school for to eat free lunch, I will advise the meal is shared toward the end of school so the pupils will remain in class till the close of school

This sort of thing was bound to happen.
Northerners have no interest in education. They prefer to beg and if that doesn't work, they resort to violence. How can you run away from the very thing that will ensure your liberation from poverty.

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lol...wetin concern dem?

mumu shildren...according to waffi

KAI ALMAJIRI!

No be free meal, wat else do dey xpect. Or is there a contract bw d govt and d almajiris?


Moreover, how una go giv pikin food without giving him/her water? Una won suffocate/strangulate them

they prefer almajiri lifestyle to the westernized lifestyle

The food should be served at closing time then. It's not that hard!

It was exactly like that during my NYSC year in Kebbi state in 2001

They will attend school enough to eat free food and by 12 noon, the school would be empty

I didn't know the trend remains the same

Chai....North is in deep mess...

Lol