At the 45th Annual Accountants Conference in Abuja on Tuesday,
Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said that President Muhammadu
Buhari’s administration would soon start giving primary school children
free meals. He said the free meals scheme was a core project of the
Federal Government that would in turn yield about 1.14 million jobs and
increase in food production.
Speaking on the topic “Repositioning Nigeria for
Sustainable Development: From Rhetoric to Performance,” Osinbajo said
that the multiplier effects of the introduction of the school feeding
scheme would help to create new jobs; increase food production by up to
530,000 metric tonnes per annum, as well as attract fresh investments up
to N980bn.
He said:
“One of the most important interventions required in the education sector is capacity building to improve teacher quality.
“This programme is intended to drive teachers’ capacity development; boost basic education; attract talents to the teaching profession. Better educated population increases economic potential for productivity.”
“The All Progressives Congress has made a commitment to provide one-meal-a-day for all primary school students; that would create jobs in agriculture, including poultry, catering and delivery services.”
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