The Kaduna State Government has assured of its readiness to offer qualitative education opportunities for Almajirin schools pupils and other underprivileged children in the state.
The Special Assistant to Governor Uba Sani on school feeding programme, Dr. Fauziya Buhari-Ado gave the assurance in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja.
Fauziya spoke while hosting some Islamic and underprivileged school pupils as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Bilingual Primary School in Maraban Gonda, Sabongari local council of Kaduna State.
She stated that the government has decided to fete the pupils who combine both Western and Islamic education as part of ongoing effort to ensure that children of the less privileged have access to quality education in the state.
Fauziya further stated that the school feeding programme, which so far cost the state government over N4 billion, has boosted school enrolment and retention as well as stimulated local economy in the state.
She stressed that already, no fewer than 25,000 school pupils spread across the 23 local councils of the state are already benefiting from the programme.
Fauziya also revealed that the event which witnessed the slaughtering of the sacrificial ram, special Eid lunch, cutting of cake and distribution of free gifts, provided her the opportunity to interact with the pupils who were initially out-of-school children in the state.
An official of one of the Islamic schools, Malam AbdulHamid Ahmed described the School Feeding Initiative as a welcome development since it has created the enabling environment for vulnerable children to have equal opportunities to acquire education in the state.
He acknowledged that the programme has tremendous impacted positively by increasing school enrolment in his school.
The village head of Filin Malawa, Magaji Datiya however thanked Governor Sani-led administration for the kind gesture.
