- Programme increases enrolment, punctuality, academic performance of pupils
Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has been applauded for his commitment to sustaining the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Gombe State.
The commendation was made by the Special Adviser on Social Investment, Arch. Habu Muhammad Shinga while inspecting the programme in the newly established Alabura Model Primary School, Kumbiya -Kumbiya and Hassan Central Primary School Gombe.
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The Aide said he led his team to the two schools to monitor the progress of the programme and to ascertain ways on how to improve the project to achieve its targets.
Arch. Shinga thanked Governor Inuwa Yahaya for providing the counterpart funding and other necessary supports for the programme to thrive in Gombe State.
He expressed satisfaction with the way the project is running, saying “We are very much satisfied with what we see; All stakeholders are doing their best towards the success of the programme”.
He explained that though the Home Grown School Feeding Programme is a National Project, it can only be implemented if the governor has interest and shows commitment.
He said, “Without the counterpart funding for this programme from Gombe State Government, this programme would not have been implemented in Gombe State. Thanks to His Excellency Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for always standing for the interest of his people”.
He added that, “the governor’s foresight is clearly demonstrated by his zeal to develop education especially from the grassroots”.
The Special Adviser thanked the vendors, teachers and all stakeholders for discharging their responsibilities diligently which he said,” is the main reason behind the success of the programme in Gombe State”.
He then called on teachers, parents/guardians, vendors and all other stakeholders to reciprocate the gesture done by Governor Inuwa Yahaya by making good use of the opportunities provided by the programme while avoiding all sorts of misconduct capable of undermining government’s efforts towards proper implementation of the project.
“Let me at this juncture urge teachers, parents, vendors and all other stakeholders to continue supporting this programme in the way they can, to ensure a secure future for our school children” he said.
Speaking during the visit, Malam Yakubu Kabiru, Gombe Local Government Desk Officer of the programme who doubles as the Chairman Desk Officers’ Forum, Gombe State explained that the food given to the pupils every working day is outlined in the approved menu which contains different varieties of food needed for health and well-being of the children.
In their separate remarks, the Headmasters of Alabura Model Primary School, Kumbiya Kumbiya and that of Hassan Central Primary School, thanked Gombe State Government under Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for supporting the programme, maintaining that the project has increased the enrollment, punctuality and the overall academic performance of the pupils.
Speaking during the visit, the representatives of food vendors, applauded the effort of Governor Inuwa Yahaya for facilitating the programme, adding that the project has provided job opportunities and has tremendously improved their standard of living.
The Special Adviser was accompanied during the visitation by SUBEB Desk Officer for Social Investment, Abdullahi Bello Abba, Director of Admin and Finance, Ahmed Adamu Mohammed, Head of School Feeding Unit of the Social Investment Programme, Hajiya Halima Abubakar among others.
