President Muhammadu Buhari
Vice-President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the President
Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would soon commence giving primary
school children free meals.
The vice president said the free feeding scheme was a core project of
the Federal Government that would in turn yield about 1.14 million jobs
and increase in food production.
Osinbajo said this at the 45th Annual Accountants Conference in Abuja.
He said the government would be investing more in the people, education and job creation.
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 1.14 million 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.”
The vice president decried the high rate of employment in the country
in spite of the fact that Nigeria had recorded high oil prices, Gross
Domestic Product and foreign reserves during the previous
administrations.
Source: www.punchng.com
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