…As state prepares to key during next school term
By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
First lady of Bayelsa State Dr. Mrs Gloria Diri has said given the assurance that Bayelsa State is preparing to join in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme.
Diri in a meeting with a team from the Humanitarian Ministry disclosed her commitment to ensuring that the State fulfills the conditions of the programme and keys into the laudable programme of feeding primary 1-3 pupils in the state.
Meanwhile the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Gentle Emelah has also announced the state government’s preparedness to join the school feeding programme by next School term.
Emelah disclosed this on Tuesday at a High Power Meeting ahead of the second technical assessment visit to ensure that the state government buys into the School Feeding Programme.
“We have been working on the modalities of accomplishing all requirements since your first visit and we hope that by the beginning of the next school term, the pupils will be onboarded unto the programme.”
“We understand the importance of the programme and advantages to the State and we are working hard to join the feeding programme.”
In the same vein the Technical Assistant to the Minister on the NHGSFP and Team Lead Zainab Abubakar, recalled that the first official visit in 2021 was to provide technical support and guidance to the State on the implementation requirements of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme.
“We are here to carry out an additional technical assessment of Bayelsa State’s readiness based on the observations and recommendations of the first assessment. This second visit is to ascertain the compliance level of the state on the requirements, Abubakar said.
“We want to ensure the buy-in of the Bayelsa State Government for the onboarding unto the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme and to provide technical support and guide towards ensuring a successful commencement and implementation of the feeding programme, the Technical Assistant said.
Daybreak reports that over 9 million children are currently benefiting from the school feeding programme.
