The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouk, said over nine million Nigerian pupils have been benefitting from the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme across the country.
Sadiya said this at the hand over and distribution of Feeding Utensils for the beneficiaries of the program in Kogi, at St. Luke Primary School, Adankolo, Lokoja.
The minister noted that the program, designed to address poverty in all its forms, had succeeded in benefitting over nine million pupils across the country.
She added that over 100,000 women were empowered to cook under the programme.
Represented by the Deputy Director, Social Welfare of the ministry, Aliyu Sogudo, the minister said an operational review is underway, to be supported by experts and technical partners.
