School Feeding
1 May 2022
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development on Saturday trained master cooks in Ondo State under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme.
27 Apr 2022
The Federal Government has charged cooks under its National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Jigawa to ensure they prepared quality and hygienic meals for pupils in the state. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouk, gave the charge during the training of 54 cooks in Dutse on Wednesday.…
2 Jul 2021
Hajiya Sadiya Umar- Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the Federal Government will enrol about five million pupils into the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) by 2023.
8 May 2020
Elder statesman, Alhaji Buba Galadima, has described as the height of swindle the Federal Government’s claim of sustaining the school feeding programme while pupils are at home.
31 Oct 2019
The Federal Government has disbursed over N6 billion to food vendors in Taraba State for school feeding since July 27, 2017. According to the state secretary, National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), Idris Goje, the disbursement was made in 16 tranches.
4 Oct 2019
Disputations notwithstanding, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday insisted that the National Home Grown School Feeding (NHGSF) programme of the Federal Government had been successful.
1 Sep 2019
The a-meal a-day programme of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for pupils in primary schools across Nigeria is in its fourth year, but Lagos State is yet to feed its pupils.
30 Jul 2018
The Federal Government says it is feeding 8.5 million children each school day under its school feeding programme across the country.
3 Jun 2018
Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi, has explained that its free school feeding programme was suspended due to discrepancies in bank accounts submitted by food vendors. He said many of the vendors did not have bank accounts before they registered for the programme, but hurriedly opened one without genuine Biometrics Verification…
7 Apr 2018
Hajiya Maryam Mele, Focal Person, Social Investment Project, Gombe State, says N394 million has been released for the feeding of school children...
24 Nov 2017
After exchange of hot words, the Assembly passed a vote of no confidence on Olowofela for what it described as ‘rudeness and arrogance’ displayed during an appearance before the House.
21 Nov 2017
The Presidency yesterday disclosed that over five million pupils in 28,249 schools in 19 states are currently being fed under the National Homegrown School Feeding (NHGSF) programme.
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