“In recent days, there have been rumours and innuendos and speculations around one of our key interventions; the Home Grown School Feeding Programme which was modified and implemented in three states following a March 29th Presidential directive. “The provision of Take-Home rations under the modified Home Grown School Feeding Programme was not a sole initiative of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. “Now based on the original design of the Home Grown School Feeding Programme long before it was domiciled in the ministry, every child on the programme receives a meal a day. “In the FCT 29,609 households were impacted; Lagos recorded 37,589 households while Ogun state was 60,391 households making a total of 124,589 households impacted between May 14, 2020 and July 6, 2020. The FCT commenced first, followed by Lagos before Ogun state.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 04, 2020 06:22 UTC