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The vice-president of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, revealed on Tuesday, September 1, that the Buhari administration will soon start giving out free meals to school children, therefore fulfilling one of the president’s campaign promises.
The vice president said that the free meals scheme was a core project of the federal government that would in turn yield about 1.14 million jobs and an increase in food production, The Punch reports. Osinbajo said this at the 45th Annual Accountants Conference in Abuja. He further said the government would be investing more in the people, in education and job creation. The vice-president spoke on the topic "Repositioning Nigeria for Sustainable Development: From Rhetoric to Performance”.
Osinbajo said that the introduction of the school meals scheme would help to create 1.14 million new jobs; increase food production by up to 530,000 metric tonnes per
annum, as well as attract fresh investments up to
N980bn.
He said there are plans to empower extremely poor
households financially. Noting that there is Conditional
Cash Transfer (CCT) for 25 million “extremely” poor households. He however said in order to benefit from the CCT, there are two conditions. He said beneficiaries must
be vulnerable and fulfill their civic responsibilities. They must participate in polio vaccination, school enrolment and support other government programmes.
“One of the most important interventions
required in the education sector is capacity
building to improve teacher quality. This
programme is intended to drive teachers’
capacity development; boost basic education;
attract talents to the teaching profession.
Better educated population increases economic
potential for productivity. The All Progressives
Congress has made a commitment to provide
one-meal-a-day for all primary school
students; that would create jobs in agriculture,
including poultry, catering and delivery
services.”
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