Buhari Commences School Feeding Programme

The school feeding programme initiated by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced in Anambra, South-southeast, Nigeria. The programme which was one of the campaign promises made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) debuted in Anambra state according to a statement from Laolu Akande, the spokesperson for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

The government, however, warned those who want to take advantage of the programme to extort money from beneficiaries of the programme should desist from it. Olaoluwa Akande tweeted: "Meanwhile, no one should have to pay any fees to benefit in the homegrown school feeding programmes, and any such imposition or request for fees is uncalled for and illegal.

“Reports of such acts of extortion in some states where beneficiaries are being asked to pay a ‘fee for registration’ have reached the presidency, and firm instructions have been given that such acts should stop,” Akande said. The statement also said Dotun Adebayo, the special asistant on homegrown school feeding programme in the office of the vice president, was in Awka, the Anambra state capital where he noted that primary school pupils showed excited.