Fulfillment? FG gives 5 states N375m to feed school children

The Federal Government has released over N375 million this year to feed almost 700,000 primary school pupils in five states in its Social Investment Programmes, the Presidency has disclosed.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said virtually all states across the federation, except two, are now being processed for the payment of N30,000 monthly stipends to 200,000 graduates who are N-Power Beneficiaries. 

Akande said the federal government, last week, released money for the school feeding programme to Anambra, Ogun, Oyo, Osun and Ebonyi states to cover for 10 school days.

The Vice President’s media aide further disclosed that about N375.4 million had been paid to 7,909 cooks in those states for the feeding of a total of 677, 476 primary school pupils. 

Giving a breakdown of how the money was disbursed, Akande said Ogun State got a total of N119.6 million paid to 1381 cooks to feed 170, 927 pupils, Ebonyi  got N115.2 million paid to 1466 cooks to feed 164, 598 pupils, Anambra got N67.5 million paid to 937 cooks to feed 96,489 pupils, Oyo got N72.2 million paid to 1437 cooks to feed 103, 269 pupils while Osun State got N86,7370 paid to 2,688 to feed 142, 193 pupils. 

He said the monies were paid directly to the cooks for 10 school days. 

Akande added that the figures would go up later this week when Zamfara and Enugu States are expected to be paid N188.7 million and N67.2 million, respectively. 

On N-Power, Akande said the process of payments of verified graduates who were beneficiaries has reached advance stage. He said payment of the December stipends, which has gone across the country, would be completed in all states except two that did not meet the extended deadline for the verification process for December stipends. 

On the Conditional Cash Transfer, (CCT), Akande said payments continued in the nine pilot states of Bauchi, Borno, Niger, Kogi, Cross Rivers, Osun, Oyo Ekiti, and Kwara States. 

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