The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD), Sadiya Farouq, revealed on Monday that the Federal Government expended about N523.3 million on school feeding programme during the lockdown against the coronavirus pandemic.
She announced this at the Presidential Taskforce briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. She said that the programme was modified and implemented in three states following a March 29th, Presidential directive.
“The ministry, in obeying the Presidential directive, went into consultations with state governments through the state Governor’s Forum, following which it was resolved that ‘take-home rations’, remained the most viable option for feeding children during the lockdown.
So, it was a joint resolution of the ministry and the state governments to give out take-home rations. The stakeholders also resolved that we would start with the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states, as pilot cases,’’ the minister said.