Why Kaduna is educating underprivileged children, says Buhari-Ado

The Special Assistant to the Governor of Kaduna State on the school feeding programme, Dr. Fauziya Buhari-Ado, has offered insight as to why the state government is educating underprivileged children in the state.

Buhari- Ado explained that the measure is aimed at ensuring sustainable growth and development of the state.

Buhari-Ado spoke in Kaduna when she was conferred with the award of the most impactful S.A of the year 2024 by the Kaduna Social Media Connect.

She reiterated the government’s resolve to sustain the school feeding programme across the 23 local government areas of the state.

She expressed gratitude to the organisers for founding her worthy of the award, remarking that the school feeding programme would not have been possible without the full support of Governor Uba Sani’s administration in the state.

She also explained that beneficiaries of the school feeding programme are children of the underprivileged in society who deserve qualitative education like their peers from privileged homes in the state.

“Let me state that 80 percent of the beneficiaries of this programme are the children of the most vulnerable in society. These are children who cannot afford to pay for their tuition fees, children who cannot afford for their parents to feed them,” she said.

“These children are basically brought to the school without anything. And his Excellency has ensured that all their needs must be met. We believe that if we provide the nutrition and nourishment to these children, it would propel them to achieve their academic endeavors.

“These children are our future, they are the future of Kaduna state and the future of Nigeria. Kaduna state is the only state that is engaged in this programme.”