FG Feeding 7.5 Million Pupils In 46,000 Public Schools ― Osinbajo
• Says 46 million learners affected by COVID-19 lockdown
The Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Tuesday, disclosed that the Federal Government is feeding more than 7.5 million pupils in 46,000 public primary schools across the country under its school feeding programme.
Osinbajo made this known in Abuja while declaring open a two-day 2020 Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference, where he also disclosed that more than 46 million learners were adversely affected by the closure of schools as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
He said: “The school feeding programme coordinated by the Presidency is another positive development in the education sector with 300 million meals served to over 7.5 million pupils in 46,000 public primary schools.”
He said the theme of the conference: “Building an Effective, Resilient and Sustainable Education System for Nigeria During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic was an apt and true reflection of an unusual global challenge faced by education in recent days.
The Vice-President who delivered his speech through Zoom noted that the emergence of COVID-19 has no doubt adversely affected the education sector and the economy at national global levels.
The pandemic had forced schools and many businesses to temporarily shut down with governments placing restrictions on movement among other measures to curtail the spread of the virus.
He said: “According to UNESCO, an estimated 1.725 billion learners have been affected as a result of school closures, representing about 99.9% of the world’s student population as of April 13th, 2020. Notably, approximately 46 million learners were affected in Nigeria.”
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