President Bola Ahmed bTinubu has disclosed that the N100billion budgetary allocation for school feeding in the 2024 budget would promote school enrolment
The president also hinted that his administration would collaborate with the sub-nationals for full implementation of the programme.
This amount was part of the N28.7 trillion 2024 budget component that Tinubu signed on New Year day in Abuja.Tinubu, who stated this while signing the budget, noted that the school feeding would serve as a stimulant to encourage school enrolment and reduce the problem of out-of-school children.
“One of the priority areas of the bill we just passed is the N100 billion provision for feeding school children. I believe that is a stimulant that will encourage enrollment and address malnutrition among school children.
“I will be meeting with local governments at sub-national levels so that we can collaborate and jointly implement an all-inclusive programme.”Tinubu said .