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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