Thursday, 3 September 2015

FG will soon commence free feeding for school children - VP Osinbajo



Vice President Yemi Osinbajo 
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would soon start giving primary school children free meals, Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said, on Tuesday. According to Osinbajo, who said this at the 45th Annual Accountants Conference in Abuja, the free feeding scheme was a core project of the Federal Government that would in turn create about 1.14 million jobs and lead to increase in food production.

He said the government would be investing more in the people, education and job creation noting that better educated population increases economic potential for productivity.

He added that the All Progressives Congress has made a commitment to provide one-meal-a-day for all primary school students; that would create jobs in agriculture, including poultry, catering and delivery services. He decried the high rate of unemployment despite increase in oil sales, Gross Domestic Product and foreign reserves during the previous administrations.

Source: thesummary.com.ng

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