Kaduna State Government is committed to imparting qualitative education to the children of the less privileged and the vulnerable in the North West state.
Special Assistant to Governor Uba Sani on school feeding programme, Dr. Fauziya Buhari -Ado disclosed this
while hosting some Islamic and underprivileged school pupils as part of the Eid el-Kabir Sallah celebration held at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua bilingual primary school situated in Maraban Gonda, Sabongari local council of Kaduna state.
In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, Fauziya stated that the government decided to fete the pupils who combine both Western and Islamic education as part of an ongoing effort to ensure that children of the less privileged have access to quality education in the state.
She further stated that the school feeding programme which so far cost the state government over N4 billion has boosted school enrolment and retention as well as stimulated the local economy in the state.
She revealed that already, no fewer than 25,000 school pupils spread across the 23 local councils of the state are already benefiting from the school feeding programme.
Fauziya also declared that the event which witnessed the slaughtering of the sacrificial ram, special Eid lunch, cutting of cake and distribution of free gifts provided her with the opportunity to interact with the pupils who were initially out-of-school children in the state.
An official of one of the Islamic schools, Malam AbdulHamid Ahmed described the school feeding initiative as a welcome development since it has created an enabling environment for vulnerable children to have equal opportunities to acquire education in the state.
He acknowledged that the school feeding programme has impacted positively in a tremendous way by increasing school enrolment in his school.
In his remarks, village head of Filin Malawa, Magaji Datiya thanked Governor Sani-led administration for the kind gesture.
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