BREAKING: Buhari approves addition of 5m pupils into school feeding program
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the addition of five million pupils into the National Home-Grown School Feeding Program, NHGSFP, just as he increased the N-Power beneficiaries by one million.
Disclosing this via his verified Twitter handle, the President said the move was aimed at fulfilling his promise of lifting 100million Nigerians out of poverty.
The President also approved the expansion of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program, GEEP, by one million.
He said: “We remain committed to the plan to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty. To this end I have approved an increase in the scope of our Social Investment Programme: Doubling of @npower_ng beneficiaries to 1 million; 1 million new @geep_ng beneficiaries & 5 million new pupils for @NHGSFP.”
