The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has been commended for sustaining the National Home Grown School Feeding Program, NHGSFP under its Social Investment Programmes.
The Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi gave the commendation in Enugu, the State capital when the Project Task Team of the NHGSFP enumeration paid him a working visit.
Represented by his Chief of Staff Dr. Festus Uzor, the the Governor stated that the school feeding program was a legacy which the State Government would consolidate on.
He noted that the School feeding programme was the State’s pet project while encouraging the team to be diligent in their assessment.
“We warmly welcome you to Enugu state for the enumeration exercise of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme. We will continue to key into this legacy left by the federal government to support healthy school meals for our school children. Enugu state government will play its part to ensure the sustainability of the program in the state and ensure that no child of school age is left behind.
“Enugu state government appreciates the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs for these poverty reduction initiatives and we encourage the Project Task Team to carry out their assignment diligently as this will make a huge impact on the success of the school feeding assessment” he said.
Establishing an NHGSFP database
For her part, the Project Task Team led by the Zonal Monitor Mrs. Nkechi Onwukwe assured the Governor of the Ministry’s commitment to the NHGSFP.
Mrs Onwukwe who represented the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs said that the enumeration exercise is geared towards data collection of all pupils and schools on the school feeding program in order to make adequate provision for more children.
“The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme enumeration is a continuous process, designed to identify gaps in the system so that the policy could be responsive.
“Results collated will help in the proper planning and documentation of the feeding programmes through the support and involvement of relevant stakeholders” she emphasised.
Mrs Onwukwe reiterated President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to expanding the programme to include 5 million more beneficiaries adding that the enumeration exercise was a first step towards achieving the mandate.
Emmanuel Ukoh
