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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