Nigeria to Extend School Feeding Program to Out-of-School Children, Aims for 50 Million Pupils by 2026
Nigeria to Extend School Feeding Program to Out-of-School Children, Aims for 50 Million Pupils by 2026
The expansion builds on the Alternate Education and Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Project, launched in May, which initially targeted 20 million out-of-school and underserved children.
The expanded program will now include all primary classes and out-of-school children, the National Programme Manager of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Aderemi Adebowale, said.
Regarding funding, Adebowale explained that NSIPA developed a system to regulate food prices by directly engaging with farmers, suppliers, and aggregators, setting prices at the source rather than relying on market prices.
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