LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has ordered an investigation into the alleged poisoning of 18 pupils at St James Primary School B, Owoope, in the state capital, Osogbo. It was reported that the pupils reportedly became ill after eating food supplied to the school under the state’s government-sponsored school feeding…
By Femi Oluwasanmi LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Since the outbreak of COVID-19, government has continue to roll out different palliative measures in order to cushion the effect of the hardship ocassioned by the virus. One of these measures is the ‘modified’ Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) which has generated alot of concerns among Nigerians at…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When President Muhammadu Buhari made his second national broadcast on the coronavirus pandemic on April 13, 2020 and said that the regime’s Homegrown School Feeding Programme, HSFG, would continue even after schools nationwide were shut for the pandemic lockdowns, Nigerians were shocked. People wondered how school children could be fed by the Federal…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Alhaji Katcha Kudu, North Central President of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), has written off the Federal Government’s School Feeding Programme, describing it as a conduit pipe to siphon public funds. Alhaji Kudu said this while fielding questions from journalists at the venue of the zonal…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Home Grown School Feeding Programme, one of the packages under the Federal Government’s Social Intervention Programme (SIP) has created wealth for over 250,000 farmers, cooks and others involved in the scheme. According to statistics made available during a joint press briefing on the progress of the Scheme, a total of N651million…