Buhari extends school feeding to Almajiri schools, others
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By Joseph Erunke, Abuja
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the ongoing school feeding programme in the country to Almajiri schools and other children in non-conventional education settings.
The president also approved the expansion of the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIPs) to accommodate more traders, graduates, farmers, among others.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, disclosed these, Monday, in Abuja, during the 4th Annual Review of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, NHGSFP.
The minister said given the president’s approval of increment in the number of beneficiaries, the NHGSFP will include additional five million pupils, “including children in non-conventional educational settings.”