VP Osinbajo says school feeding, Nigeria’s investment

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The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that the home grown school feeding programme is an investment for Nigeria.
According to him, the country considers the programme an important move to solve the education and health challenge of the children.
The VP sated this on his twitter handle @profOsinbaji where he accknowleged the mistakes made in the previous training.
“Nutrition is important to our Education and Health challenges in Nigeria. We consider the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme an investment and a credible driver for development protection.”
“Nigeria learnt well from her previous attempt at home grown school feeding in 2004. With political will, insistence on multi-sector approach and engagement, strategic partnerships, complimentary interventions, we started what is now a globally acclaimed school feeding programme.”

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