The federal government has allocated N100 billion from the 2024 Budget for the school feeding programme.
President Bola Tinubu disclosed this on Monday while signing into law the monetary estimate for the year, in Abuja the nation’s capital.
Top government officials who witnessed the signing, include the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, among other members of the National Assembly.
According to the president the federal government is deliberate on the school feeding programme in other to reduce the number of out of school children in the country.
To ensure that the programme succeed, Tinubu said the federal and state government would collaborate.
Nigeria has one of the highest number of out of school children in the world, according to UNESCO.
According to federal government records, the programme have encourage many children who could have dropped out of school due to poverty, particularly in the northern part of the country.
Tinubu said, “One of the priority areas of the bill we just passed is the N100 billion provision for the feeding of school children. I believe that is a stimulant that will encourage school enrolment and also address malnutrition among school children.
“I will be meeting with local government at sub-national levels so that we can collaborate and jointly implement an all-inclusive programme.”
