The Federal Government says the ongoing pupils’ biometric data capture will enhance the school feeding programme and increase pupils’ enrolment figure in the country.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Faruq, stated this at Gurungawa primary school, Kano, on Tuesday, while flagging-off the School Feeding Enumeration exercise.
Umar-Faruq was represented by her Technical Assistant, who is also the Team Leader of the exercise in Kano State, Mr Hashim Abubakar.
She said that pupils from primary school one-to-three would be captured in all the public schools in the 36 states and FCT.
The minister urged Local Education Authorities, teachers, parents and other stakeholders, to ensure that every eligible pupil was captured during the exercise.
She said that cooks would also be captured during the exercise.
In his remarks, the State Programme Manager, Alhaji Abdullahi Yau, commended the minister for initiating the exercise with a view to having accurate data of the beneficiaries.
He said that 1.2 million children in the state were benefitting from the programme currently.
Yau however said that with the launch of free and compulsory education, pupils enrollment of pupils had increased significantly.
Also, the Programmer Focal Person, Malam Baba Aminu-Zubairu, said that the state hasd over 2 million children that need to be captured now.
He urged teachers and parents to ensure that every eligible child was captured during the exercise. (NAN)
