The Federal Government spends about N12 billion on the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes (NHGSFP) monthly.

The scheme is under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD).

National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), Dr. Umar Bindir, said over 10 million children are fed at the rate of N100 meal per child as approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Bindir disclosed this at a two-day stakeholders’ consultative workshop on the development of a national policy for NHGSFP in Abuja on Monday.

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He underscored the need for the country to have a national policy on school feeding programme to ensure sustainability.

“Today we are focusing on the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme with the support of the World Food Programme (WFP) to develop an inclusive policy for NHGSFP.

“This is to ensure that it is sustainable, measurable and highly impactful as directed by Mr President.

“As we speak, we are feeding an average of 10 million children with the potential of that number increasing to 12 million probably in the next few weeks or months.

“Based on the impact of the programme – attracting children to school, ensuring the children are healthy, the children of the poor and vulnerable attending school longer it is necessary that the programme is sustained,” he said.

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