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UNICEF Advises on Exclusive Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding

Polycarp Auta Sep 25, 2020 0

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has advised nursing and lactating mothers to ensure exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding for children below the age of five. The Nutrition Specialist in the Bauchi Field…

Health

Lassa fever: Expert advises on proper storage of food items

Leonard Okachie Apr 10, 2019 0

Dr Chigozie Ubani, a medical practitioner in Umuahia, has advised Nigerians to ensure proper storage of food items in order to control the current outbreak of Lassa fever in the country. Ubani gave this advice in an interview with the…

Government

FG spends N6.2bn to feed 3m pupils, hires 33,000 cooks-Akande

News Agency of Nigeria Aug 13, 2017 0

The Federal Government says it has so far spent N6.2 billion under the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme, one of its four ongoing Social Investment Programmes (SIP). The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and…

Education

1m pupils to enjoy FG’s schools’ feeding in Katsina State – Official

News Agency of Nigeria Jun 18, 2017 1

Over 1 million primary school pupils in Katsina State would benefit from the Federal Government’s Schools’ Feeding programme, an official has said. Hajiya Binta Abba, the Special Adviser to Gov. Aminu Masari on Girl-child Education and…

Religion

Kano State Govt. earmarks N300m for Ramadan feeding programme

News Agency of Nigeria May 26, 2017

The Kano State Government has earmarked N300 million for the annual Ramadan free feeding programme scheduled to begin on Saturday, May 27. Malam Ibrahim Kankarofi, Chairman of the programme made the disclosure at a meeting with…

Education

Benue Govt. set to implement school feeding scheme

News Agency of Nigeria May 24, 2017

The Benue Government says it is set to implement the school feeding scheme of the Social Investments Progamme, an initiative of the Federal Government. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Social Investments, Mr Terhide Utaan,…

Government

School feeding: More pupils now enrolling in schools— FG

News Agency of Nigeria Mar 21, 2017

The Federal Government on Tuesday said that more pupils had been enrolled in public primary schools across the country, following the introduction of its home grown school feeding programme. The Minister of State for Budget and National…

Metro

Dangote Appeals For Help To Tackle Hunger In IDPs Camps

News Agency of Nigeria Jul 11, 2016 0

Worried at the reported unhealthy conditions of the Internally displaced persons in various camps across the country, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has called on well-meaning Nigeria to rise up to the occasion and assist…

Government

Borno reviews feeding arrangement in IDP camps

Owolabi Oluwasegun Jun 18, 2016 0

The Borno State Government said on Saturday that it had resorted to distributing food items to households to tackle alleged poor feeding at Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the state. Mallam Satome Ahmed , Chairman of the…

Education

School feeding programme will attract millions out-of-school children, says Ajimobi

Owolabi Oluwasegun Apr 28, 2016 0

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says the reintroduction of school feeding programme by the Federal Government in partnership with state governments would attract millions out-of-school children. He disclosed this at a three-day workshop…

Education

School feeding programme creates 72, 000 jobs in Kaduna – Commissioner

News Agency of Nigeria Apr 4, 2016 0

A total of 72, 000 jobs have been created under the Kaduna State Government's School Feeding Programme introduced in January, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr Shehu Adamu, has said. Adamu told newsmen on Monday…