School feeding programme will continue despite closure of schools – Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq has stated that in
spite of closure of schools around the country over coronavirus, the
federal government’s school feeding programme will still continue.

Speaking to newsmen at the joint national briefing of the
Presidential Task Force in Abuja on Monday March 30, Sadiya disclosed
that President Buhari directed the ministry to develop a strategy on how
to sustain the school feeding programme.

She also appealed to state governors to ensure the continuation of the programme as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari,

The Minister said;

“In paragraph 50 of Mr President’s speech, he directed that our
ministry works with the relevant state governments in developing a
strategy on how to sustain the school feeding programme.

“We will be doing this and I have already started contacting the governors on agreeing on the modalities to adopt.

“I have accordingly contacted the programme heads of the programme.
This particular task may have to go beyond the affected states because
as we are aware, all schools are closed down and children are at home.

“So, we are looking at modalities to see how we will extend this directive beyond the states where the lockdown has affected.”