The school feeding programme for pupils in basic schools will commence in four states next week, as part of measures to cushion the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown on vulnerable households.

President Muhammadu Buhari had, during his first broadcast in March, directed the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to work with relevant state governments in developing a strategy on how to sustain the school feeding programme despite the covid-19 holiday.

In carrying out the directive, the ministry said it would liaise with state executives to work out modalities on how the feeding programme would continue with pupils at home.

Giving an update on the programme, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, said the exercise would commence in Lagos, Ogun and Kano states, as well as FCT next week.

Speaking at the Karimajiji Disabled Colony in the FCT Saturday during the distribution of palliatives to Persons with Disabilities (PwDs), the minister said, “By next week, we are going to start off the school feeding programme with FCT, Lagos, Ogun, and Kano states.