Lagos to begin home-grown feeding programme

Lagos state government has assured that the home grown feeding programme of the APC-led federal government would soon commence in the state. The Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, gave the assurance at the 2018 ministerial press briefi ng by the Ministry of Education to mark the third year in office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration. Adebule, while noting that the National Home Grown School FeedingProgramme (NHGSFP) was yet to begin, said final steps were being taken to ensure that “once the programme takes off , it will run smoothly and hitch-free to cater for the large student population in Lagos.”
“Let me state categorically that the number of students in Lagos state schools is about the number of students in five or sixstates put together. We just have to plan properly to ensure nostudent is left out. “I’m happy to announce to you that we have engaged the office in charge at the Federal level, as well as the state ministries of agriculture and health. We are on course,” she said.
Continuing, she said: “Lagos state is not known for a shoddy programme and we are gunning for nothing but the best as you all know that our State is the centre for measuring excellence and we will want to do it in the best way that the motive behind that scheme is achieved.” “Our vision is to be a model of excellence in the provision of quality education for the attainment of self-reliance and socio-economic development.”