President Bola Tinubu on Monday disclosed that the 2024 price range consists of N100 billion allocation for the college feeding programmes.
He made this assertion in the course of the signing of the 2024 appropriation invoice into legislation within the State Home in Abuja.
Tinubu acknowledged that the supply will function a stimulant to encourage attendance in colleges and cut back the issue of out-of-school kids.
“One of many precedence areas of the invoice we simply handed is the N100 billion provision for the feeding of faculty kids. I consider that may be a stimulant that may encourage college enrolment and in addition deal with malnutrition amongst college kids.
“I shall be assembly with native authorities at sub-national ranges in order that we are able to collaborate and collectively implement an all-inclusive programme,” the President mentioned.
The President additionally confirmed that the price range, christened “Renewed Hope” is anchored on decreasing the recurrent expenditure, however rising capital expenditure.
Earlier in December, Tinubu ordered the reintroduction of the college feeding programme and mandated its switch from the Humanitarian Ministry to the Schooling Ministry.
The programme, beforehand halted beneath former President Muhammadu Buhari, will now fall beneath the Schooling Ministry’s purview, aiming to not solely present nutritious meals to pupils but additionally encourage attendance and improve studying.
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