President Bola Tinubu on Monday introduced that the 2024 price range consists of an allocation of N100 billion for the college feeding programmes.
He made this assertion through the signing of the 2024 Appropriations Invoice on the State Home, Abuja.
Tinubu acknowledged that the ability will function an incentive to encourage faculty attendance and scale back the issue of out-of-school youngsters.
“One of many precedence areas of the invoice we simply handed is the availability of N100 billion for the feeding of faculty youngsters. I consider this can be a stimulant that can enhance faculty attendance and likewise sort out malnutrition amongst faculty youngsters.
“I’ll meet with native authorities on the sub-national stage in order that we are able to work collectively and collectively implement a complete program,” the President mentioned.
The President additionally affirmed that the price range, dubbed 'Renewed Hope', is anchored on decreasing recurrent expenditure however rising capital expenditure.
Earlier in December, Tinubu ordered the reintroduction of the college feeding program and ordered its switch from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to the Ministry of Schooling.
The programme, which was beforehand halted beneath former President Muhammadu Buhari, will now come beneath the purview of the Ministry of Schooling, with the purpose of not solely offering nutritious meals to college students but in addition encouraging participation and bettering studying course of.
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