The Kaduna State Government on Monday observed that primary school pupils in the state have developed the habit of leaving school immediately after being served free meals.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Shehu Adamu, told newsmen in Kaduna that the pupils desert their schools under the guise of going to drink water.
The state Governor, Nasir El-Rufa’i, had on January 18, flagged-off the School Feeding Programme to provide free breakfast to pupils across the state.
The Commissioner stressed that the programme was introduced to encourage school enrolment, attendance and retention, adding that the government was disturbed by the situation.
While expressing concern over the desertion of schools by the pupils after taking the free meals, Adamu appealed to parents to ensure that children remain in school after taking their meals, so as not to jeopardise the programme.
Adamu said that parents must also ensure that no child returned home until closing hours, “otherwise the aim would be defeated.”
“Therefore, parents have a responsibility of ensuring that the children do not only come to school on time, but remain in school till closing hours.
“The main goal of the school feeding programme is to attract out-of-school children to school and keep them in class for them to acquire education and better their lives.
“We will not allow a situation where children will just come to school and leave the moment they finished eating their meals; if it is about water, we have already asked parents to provide water for their children.”
On the delay in paying vendors supplying food under the programme, he said they had been directed to open account with Heritage Bank through which they would be getting their payments.
The Commissioner said the bank officials would screen and capture all the vendors in their respective local government areas.
-Daily Post
Before nko? That's their way
ReplyDelete*Larry was here*
Usually, they are supposed to give lunch, not breakfast....by that time, they must have been taught something.
DeleteUsually, they are supposed to give lunch, not breakfast....by that time, they must have been taught something.
DeleteThis cracked me up. Students chop clean mouth. Hian
DeleteHahahahahaha...
ReplyDeleteAboki no wan go school na by force??...
Hahahahahaha...
This is funny!...
Lol. As in ehn. Wetin concern them.
DeleteWhat do you expect, is only food they go to school to do this days. Rubbish food self.
ReplyDeleteOnly God knws what their meal will look like! *yimu*
ReplyDeleteEnd time meals and student
ReplyDeleteMc pinky
End time idiot.
DeleteBuahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteI can't stop laughing.
Hunger dey dis country.
I tell you
DeleteBut how will primary school children manage to leave the school without school authorities noticing.
ReplyDeleteThey should question their security measures or lack of it rather than kids.
I miss Croc city.
Oh well I don't blame them after eating the next thing is sleep.
Feed them during lunch time.
Who told you that aboki values education? They hated GEJ cos he built schools for them instead of begging centers.They're parasites.Anumanu!
ReplyDeleteWait oh, so it means someone could have choked to death due to eating with no water or it's not part of table manners?
ReplyDeleteBTW, why is there an attendance register and all?? Parents who do not care if their kids join almajiri should ensure kids stay in school. Anyway, these people know the way to keep children in school but just feel like making noise.
I tire. If they can't provide dispenser,they should kukuma buy bags of water from factory.
DeleteLmao.
ReplyDeleteHiaaah!
ReplyDeleteThis hausa people sef wetin pesin no go hear again for them.
Lol unserious children
ReplyDeleteAbokis children funny ooo. I think the best they can do is give them lunch by 2.00 p.m. so that they will know they have closed for the day.
ReplyDeleteThese children are being forced to go to school because of free lunch. after the lunch what else do you have for them. Na to go home be that.
Aboki
LOL. Maybe they be giving them the food during the closing hour.
ReplyDeleteL O L. Yimu* Adonbilivit!
ReplyDeleteLie lie govt. They should tell us the truth,which is they want to stop feeding sch pupils.
SHantelle
Aboki will always be Aboki.
ReplyDeleteJust like our president.
I shouldn't be but the headline just got me😃😃😃😃
ReplyDeleteThese kids eh.LMAO
Can d meals be given towards school's closing hours?
Choi!but They might boycot school in d mornings and come a couple of hours before school closes.
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That is why d school should have gate nd security men that only let students in and out at appropriate times. Why dem give d kids food without water sef?
Delete😁 funny tho
DeleteSo, the teachers purposely leave them to go home to drink water eekwa? Hian!
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should put lunch like 1 hour to closing time.
ReplyDeleteVery typical. Most of 'em are adults.
ReplyDeleteThey should provide water as well to avoid using water as an excuse to go home.
ReplyDelete...parents have a responsibility of ensuring that the children do not only come to school on time, but remain in school till closing hours.
ReplyDeleteWhat will the parents do to keep the child in school? Isn't this supposed to be the responsibility of the teachers? The parents can only ensure they come to school.
Yes.....from the time of old...d average hausa man hates to be in a classroom...
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They should make it free lunch nah...lol. Atleast they will wait till closing time
ReplyDeleteThe meals should be served at closing hours.
ReplyDeleteLol, reminds me of my days in Edokpolor grammar school, Benin city, our school dismissed by 1:45pm but after the break by 11:45pm, half of the class goes home.. and I joined them at times, its not like they were distributing food or anything for us but you see, not everyone came to school to learn, some came to class to sit and wait for the time when they are going to play football, some came to look for any gambler that is going to accompany them to the game house and Idia college was just close by and that was where we showed our own love ... hehehehe.... so what I'm saying is that the children probably came to school because of the food as in what they had in mind coming... Lol.
ReplyDelete*Sips Hennessey from a platinum chalice and adjusts concave lenses*
But Aboki's no dey like book na.
ReplyDeleteThey prefer burea de change biz or selling pepper at mile 12 mkt.
on a serious note, even d educated one's only like civil service job or police force/army/customs. Maybe cos im in lagos, but im yet to come across an hausa doctor or banker in lagos.
Your ignorance is making me cringe!! You've visited all the banks and hospitals in Lagos yeah?
DeleteKai!!! I just weak
The food should be after school ...shikena
ReplyDeleteLwkmd!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't blame this kids
Do they expect them to get used to it over night?
U can force a horse to the river but...............:
But seriously
How sad
Lolzzzzzzzz
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Am out.
Waste of resources
ReplyDeleteCorruption on the rise
That was what Kwankwaso was doing in his first regime then, and once its 9:30am, you'll see these children's uniforms stained with red oil everyday. Not that the food is even ok when looked at. #smh
No one can force a horse to drink water.
Hahahahahah
ReplyDeleteBuhahahahahah
What do they expect?
They force them to school
Chai I remember my service year in north
And you see a lot of northerners repping this country
Hahahahaha, awon omolomo
ReplyDeleteAll of you that are saying aboki don't like to go to school, all of them are not abokis o, just that d man should have invest d money for food into good teachers, secure d school environment, provide chairs and make learning very interesting. What will you do if after you had meal no chair or no good teacher to take classes? All is politics.
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha. Abeg make una free Aboki's joor. School no dey dem blood. Na so so kidnapping underage, converting them to Islam and marrying them off full dem blood
ReplyDeleteLol u can force a horse to the stream but u can't force it to drink water. El Rufai free ur aboki brodas skul no dey una blood, u sef suppose don know. Senseless governor trying to curb religion. Mtcheew
ReplyDeleteWell I don't understand the rational behind this feeding. It makes the pupils lazy,some of them even sleeps with their old stain uniforms while the lesson is on. Probably they should give the food at closing hour that will serve as lunch. Plus they should provide water for them too.
ReplyDeleteSharp kids! lol.. they would be going to school to eat now the book sf wont enter their head again
ReplyDeleteDem go juss dey calculate food time for their little minds lol, after food nkor? na to go home sleep
Na wa oo
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