ActionAid Nigeria , a non-governmental organisation , has called on the federal government to extend the Home Grown School Feeding Programme to all pupils of primary schools across the country.
HGSFP was formulated to feed primary school pupils to increase school enrollment, reduce malnutrition, empower community women as cooks and support small farmers to stimulate economic growth. The Country Director of AAN, Ms Obi, said the NSIO should extend the meals to all primary school pupils, including the pre-primary classes and classes four to six. The programme currently covers only pupils in primary 1 to 3.
She also called for the construction of additional classrooms because of the increase in enrollment which she said will cause space constraints.Many cooks had complained that the money provided for meal preparation was inadequate. Each cook is paid N70 per pupil and is expected to prepare meals for 700 pupils.