Sentences with phrase «school feeding programme»

Today, we are feeding 7.5 million children in our home - grown school feeding programme in 22 states.

We see the breakthrough that can happen with governments are committed, when they improve water and sanitation, run campaigns, implement school feeding programmes, increase the number of female teachers.

provided the template for the national take - off of school feeding programme.

Also in Tamale, a group of NPP sympathizers calling themselves Burma Camp Youth, have locked up the Northern Regional office of the Ghana School Feeding programme for nearly a week now with no action from the police there.

She cited the fact that just N1 million could feed over 14,200 primary school children under the Homegrown School Feeding programme as well as creating many jobs in the agricultural sector.

He added that the homegrown school feeding programme would proceed this week with the addition of five states to be getting federal government's funding to ensure that primary school pupils there start enjoying one hot meal a day.»

He said the team would visit 10 schools in the urban and rural areas of the state to inspect the impact of the free school feeding programme of the state as well as other education intervention.

School feeding programmes improve health and stimulate development.

«They couldn't pay teacher training allowance, they couldn't pay nursing training allowance, they couldn't pay school feeding programme, they couldn't pay contractors.»

The Governor on Osun school feeding programme tagged O - MEALS noted that the programme has provided the template for national adoption and implementation of free meals in schools, adding that he was invited by the British Parliament twice to share Osun's experience with the world.

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Commissioner for Special Duties in Ogun State, Adeleke Adewolu, has said more than 270,000 pupils in 1,510 public primary schools in the state are currently benefitting from the Federal Government's HomeGrown School feeding programme.

««You will recall that the Federal Government since 2016 has started the social investment programme and each of these programmes that had been rolled out including the Home Growth School Feeding programme; the N - Power programme as well as the Conditional Cash Transfer were drawn from this policy which was in a draft form this time.

«During the 26th African Union Summit in Jan. 2016, the heads of states adopted school feeding programmes as a continental strategy to enhance retention and performance of children in schools and to boost income generation and entrepreneurship in local communities.

«Bad, policies, high cost of living, failed school feeding programme, dumsor and many others are affecting us, and I am not sure the NDC can win the 2016 elections», he said.

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Demand the termination of all contracts under the Ghana School Feeding programme by the end of this term.

«Anambra was among the first state to benefit from our home grown school feeding programme.

He held that even with the economic hardship, the state still became the cynosure of all eyes as it became the offshoot of the national take - off of school feeding programme.

Some of these federal offerings which other states are taking full advantage of but which Ekiti government has so far refused to participate in include the free rice mill programme, the free school feeding programme, the cocoa plantation renewal scheme, the free tractor and land clearing programmes, the rice outgrower scheme, among others.

The shared ambition of all partners in the school feeding programme is for it to become self - sustaining and a permanent feature of Bolivian society.

Its focus is on safe drinking water, education, school feeding programmes and healthcare.

He said the school feeding programme for example is to «our achieving better health, nutritional and educational outcomes for Nigerian children.»

The school feeding programme which he said has increased enrollment by 30 percent, currently serves over 7 million school children, across 22 of Nigeria's 36 states, and continues to grow as more States sign up for it.

* 5.5 million school children to be fed for 200 school days in first phase of home - grown school feeding programme

Under President Mahama, the school feeding programme increased from 441,189 children to 1,693,000 children and was fully funded by the Government of Ghana.

He should travel to the north and find out from his regional chairman Bugri Naabu, the state of the school feeding programme in his region and also find out why Bugri revealed how chairman Adams was killed and why he mentioned the names he mentioned.

This is why Osun has been the training ground for many of the states ahead of their implementation of the school feeding programme.»

The Bureau also urged the Federal Government to intensify its efforts at achieving a nationwide implementation of the school feeding programme.

So has Osun shrugged off its laggardness to, despite its puny resources, point the way in the schools feeding programme, which the Federal Government just adopted on a national scale.

We shall subsequently deal with the chip compounds, the Onuador clinic etc but let's move on to the School feeding programme

«They can not handle the National Health Insurance, they can't pay GETFUND and contractors, the teacher training allowance is in arrears, and the School Feeding programme has collapsed.

«Also, we have budgeted N2billion for our school feeding programme.

The Ghana Rice Inter-Professional Body (GRIB), has called on government to procure made in Ghana rice for government agencies and institutions such as Ghana prisons and schools on government's school feeding programme.

Chairman of the group, Kamel Yusif, explained that their protest was necessary due to what they describe as challenges bedeviling the school feeding programme under the governing New Patriotic...

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has disclosed that, government has allocated GHc114 million to offset all arrears owed caterers under the school feeding programme.

Caterers in the Upper East Region say they will resist any attempt by the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection to impose on them rice that cost GHc180 per bag for the school feeding programme.

John Kufuor oversaw the setting up of the National Health Insurance Scheme to replace the existent cash - and - carry system, institutionalised the capitation grant, started the school feeding programme, launched the Microfinance and small loans program and introduced the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Program, among other social interventions.

«A lot of people in the party have issues with the school feeding programme especially how it was distributed in the region.

Chairman of the group, Kamel Yusif, explained that their protest was necessary due to what they describe as challenges bedeviling the school feeding programme under the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Mohammed Kamil fumed, saying,» Our purpose is that, they should redistribute the school feeding programme so that no one should be a beneficiary and at the same time a monitor.»

The school feeding programme was not spared from criticism.

His accusation was a rebuttal to a claim by Otiko Djaba that he had taken monies, goats, cows from party members with a promise to offer appointments in the school feeding programme.

It will be recalled that after flagging off the Federal Government's HGSF programme, a federal delegation visited Osun state in July to understudy the successful implementation of the state's school feeding programme, styled O'MEALS.

When added to Anambra where the school feeding programme kicked off last year, there would now be 6 states implementing the scheme using FG funds.

In the year in which Aregbesola began the school feeding programme, he also initiated a physical education programme, focusing on calisthenics, with the assistance of a Cuban duo, Francis Rodriguez and Raiza Guerra.

Intended to provide a nutritious hot meal for over 24 million primary school children and, in the process, create over one million new jobs and boost the local economies across the country, the Federal Government's school feeding programme was launched in June, 2016, as one of five projects under the N500b Social Investment Plan.

«We ought to do better and I promise you that under Nana Akufo Addo and the NPP we will do better, We introduced the school feeding programme to give our children nutritious food to support their growth and learning to improve their status.

«One flagship programme of empowerment of our administration is our home - grown school feeding programme, tagged O'MEALS.

They condemned his school feeding programme, by sidetracking its multiplier economic benefits for farmers, market women, and neighbourhood food vendors as well as its health benefits for school children.