The Federal Government is targeting additional 5 million primary school pupils for enrollment into the National Home Grown School Feeding (NHGSF) programme nationwide by 2023.
The Northwest Coordinator, NHGSF, Alhaji Mansur Kuliya, made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy call on Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday.
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He said he was in Kano for enumeration and data capturing of pupils that are benefitting from the programme.
He said the programme which was initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari, is a component of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP).
According to him, NHGSF was aimed at raising pupils enrollment and improving their nutrition through provision of one nutrition meal.
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“The programme impacted positively on many children particularly those from poor background.
“Over 9 million pupils are benefitting from one free nutrition meal daily during school term nationwide.
“And now, we have the mandate to register additional 5 million pupils by 2023.
“We are in Kano to bring more Nigerians under the umbrella of the government social protection mechanism by scaling up the number of pupils benefitting from the programme,” he said.
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He said that over 100 food vendors (cooks) were employed nationwide and more than 100,000 smallholders farmers were participating in the programme.
Responding, Governor Ganduje pledged the committee all the necessary support to succeed in their assignment.
