FG Laments Over Rising Cost Of Foodstuff, Says 'It Is Spoiling School Feeding Programme'.
The Federal Government has lamented that the rising cost of foodstuff is adversely affecting the federal government’s National Home Grown School Feeding Programme.
Mr Gab Okulaja, the Programme Manager of the scheme, said while speaking said,
“ We have the challenge of increase in the prices of foodstuffs by as much as 100 per cent, and the payments to cooks are at the same rates as they were in 2016/17 when the programme began.
“ There should be a review of meal cost per child to address the rising inflation rate and increase in prices of foodstuffs as this is a major clog in delivering on the programme’s mandate.’’
While advising the government also he said, the government should accommodate pre-primary school classes that were not part of the programme.
“ There should be a policy change to accommodate early child education, which the programme left out. Since we are embarking on enumeration and expansion, this is an opportunity for the president to direct that children in this group be included,’’ he added.
According to the Federal Government, about 280,000 pupils currently benefit from the programme in 1,000 schools in Cross River.
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