As part of efforts to cushion the hardship brought by the COVID-19 lockdown order, the Federal Government says it will commence the feeding of schoolchildren at home this week.
Sadiya Umar-Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development said this on Saturday on the sidelines of an event where she opened the distribution of relief items to persons living with disabilities at Karimajiji in Abuja.
Umar-Farouq earlier announced on Wednesday that the FG, in partnership with states, was set to start feeding schoolchildren in their various homes.
Asked on Saturday to state when the programme would commence, the minister said, “By next week (this week) we are going to start off with the FCT (Federal Capital Territory), Lagos and Ogun states, then Kano.
“We have done all the processes and by early next week (this week) we will be able to start. The model is to give food ration to the households where these children come from. We have identified them, we know their communities and we know all the households.”
Umar-Farouq had earlier said food ration would be distributed door-to-door, with vouchers allocated at specific collection times to avoid overcrowding.
She had also stated that the vouchers would be redeemed at designated distribution centres.
Asked to state the number of collection centres where beneficiaries would pick up their vouchers, the minister said, “We are reaching out to 3.1 million households.
How is FG feeding school children outside school? FG is not sincere for the good of Nigerians.