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FG School Feeding Programme: Pupils In Warri South Display Their ‘Tasteless Meal’ Wrapped In Nylon
Pupils of a primary school in Warri North, Delta State are pictured holding out the jollof rice wrapped in nylon given to them as part of the national home grown school feeding programme introduced by the Federal Government.
The scheme is part of the N500 billion social investment plans of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and would see that each child is given one meal per day in the first year of its operation.
Online news page, Sapele Oghenek claims that food served to the pupils in most schools in the state are tasteless and horrible. Instead of take away packs, the meals are wrapped in nylon without spoons or forks.