Sentences with phrase «of school feeding programme»

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

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.

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.

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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.

Osinbajo said the Social Investment Programme launched in 2016 — comprising a jobs scheme for unemployed graduates, a feeding programme for public primary school pupils, a micro-credit scheme for small businesses, and a cash transfer scheme for our poorest and most vulnerable households, is a key component of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan.

Dr Mahamudu Bawumia who was speaking at a programme organised by the aspiring Member of Parliament of Awutu Senya West George Andah said the NPP instituted the NHIS policy, National Youth Employment Policy, school feeding, free maternal health paid teacher, nursing training allowances etc. out of the 20 billion cedis it accumulated.

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.

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.

Through a programme being instituted by the Ministry of Agriculture through COCOBOD, the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection through the School Feeding Programme, and the Ministry of Education, President Akufo - Addo noted that the target is to ensure the sustained provision of cocoa beverages and chocolates to school children, from primary school up to secondary School Feeding Programme, and the Ministry of Education, President Akufo - Addo noted that the target is to ensure the sustained provision of cocoa beverages and chocolates to school children, from primary school up to secondary school children, from primary school up to secondary school up to secondary level.

The programme also registered suppliers to distribute farm produce to public institutions including the School Feeding Programme, the Free Senior High School Programme, Prisons, Defence and Police, among others to ensure availability of quality food in a timely manner in these institutions.

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.

«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.

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...

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.

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.

He further dismissed suggestions that, the group has threatened to beat up School Feeding caterers who ignore their warnings, adding that the group locked up the regional office and not district offices of the programme as earlier suggested.

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).

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.

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.

The underlying script for the President's visit, however, is the fascination with the progress of Aregbesola's primary and secondary education project in Osun, especially the state's Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme, which provides a reference point for a similar programme by other states and even by the Federal Government.

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.»

Yet, for the society's most vulnerable, Osun has pioneered this schools feeding programme, as part of its larger social safety - net agenda.

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.

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.

Akinola said the team of the UNICEF officials will be visiting some model schools built by the Aregbesola's administration where the school feeding programme of the state will be acknowledged.

«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.

The new formula allocates 40 percent of the fund to the school feeding programme, 20 percent each to the Nation Builders» Corps, planting for food and jobs and the remaining 20 % for the running of the assemblies.

As part of the programme, government will absorb the cost of tuition, school uniforms, feeding among others, to ensure that money is not an impediment to education for qualified Junior High School gradschool uniforms, feeding among others, to ensure that money is not an impediment to education for qualified Junior High School gradSchool graduates.

The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Amina Gwar, said the school feeding programme would create about 10,000 jobs and that about 5,000 would be cooks already engaged from the 274 wards across the 25 local government areas of the state.

Ms Uwais had reportedly said that, «A total of 7,812,201 Nigerians are direct beneficiaries of the SIP, which include home - grown school feeding programme, conditional cash transfer, N - Power; while secondary beneficiaries — mainly farmers and cooks — are about 1,500,000.

As part of our efforts to take our people out of poverty, we re-energised the school feeding programme which we met on ground.»

The Gender Minister alleged that Bugri Naabu engages in corrupt activities by collecting monies, goats, cows and other things from people with a promise of getting them the School Feeding programme job.

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Despite reports highlighting poor quality of meals being served Senior High School students under the free SHS programme, the School Feeding Programme is insisting its Nutrition Department collaborates with caterers under the programme to prepare nutritious meals for pupils.

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday commended the Federal Government's efforts on the National Home Grown School Feeding programme.

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

The 2017 Budget estimates retains the allocation of N500 billion to the Special Intervention programme consisting of the Home - grown School Feeding Programme, Government Economic Empowerment programme, N - Power Job Creation Programme to provide loans for traders and artisans, Conditional Cash Transfers to the poorest families and the new Family Homes Fund (social housing scheme).

Does this government still intend to go ahead with its feeding programme in schools and payment of stipends to vulnerable Nigerians despite the heavy fall in the price of oil?

On pupils» enrolment, in March 2017, the Federal Government — although with no statistics to back it up — said the feeding programme had led to increase in the enrolment of pupils in public primary schools across the country.

Speaking about promoting education among children, policy analysts have criticised the APC - led government for the «poor» implementation of its education policies for children, especially its school feeding programme.

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

«Again by January, all things being equal, 300, 000 more are to be employed under the N - Power programme, secondly, the School Feeding Program is taking care of about 25 million Nigerian children with one meal a day.

«What we are saying is that, all the things that you have put to me are things that I am very concerned about — extending the school feeding programme, establishing a nurses training college — but a lot of them depend on the state of our public finances.

As reported by the BBC, the Food 365 programme would ensure every child is fed on the 175 days of the year when lunches are not served in school.

This will then feed into the whole school training programme of professional development, with the ultimate goal of leading to whole school improvement.