FG To Deworm, Feed Children With Over N140bn In 2021

The Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, has budgeted a whooping sum of N142.3 billion to deworm 7 million children, and feed 9.86 million children in 2021. 

The scheme under the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), will also see pupils recounted in 2021.

According to insights gathered from Premium Times, the N142.3 billion is meant to cater for the feeding of about 10 million children, deworming of 7 million primary (1-3) pupils across the 35 states and F.C.T, including 60,000 drop-out pupils, enumeration of pupils, and training of farmers and cookers. 

In all, the NHGSFP programme could gulp N145 billion in 2021.

This would be a sliced amount from the estimated N400 billion billed for the NHGSFP programme, of which N50 billion capital expenditure and N350 billion recurrent, proposed to the National Assembly for implementation of the Nation's Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in 2021.

Source: Premium Times, Lindaikeji's blog