It seems that the budget of “recovery
and growth” as tagged by President Muhammadu Buhari has started taking effect,
On January 3,2016, Federal Government
start giving out N5000 monthly stipend to the poor in the country. Another good news from the Federal government is that the Federal Government will commence school feeding
programme.
This was disclosed by Minister of
Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige in an interview in Awka, Anambra state.
According to him, the Federal government’s
school feeding programme will be enjoyed by five million pupils from Primary 1
-3 would be catered for by the federal government under the programme, while
state governments are expected to feed other five million pupils from primary
4-6.
Ngige said the programme had begun
in eight states, including Anambra state.
Dr. Ngige highlighted that President
Buhari considers Anambra state as a very important state, that is why he used
the state as one of the states to start the programme.
He also emphasize that Nigerians should
know that it is Buhari’s concern for the children that forced him to introduce
the programme which will reduce pressure and hardship on parents.
Ngige said that states like Kaduna
and Osun were already embarking on the programme before it was introduced
nationally.
He said: “To whom much is given,
much is expected, for the federal government to use Anambra as one of the
states to begin the school feeding programme indicates that President Buhari
considers Anambra a very important states, We therefore call on Anambra state
government to fulfill its part of agreement without delay”