Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Kaduna State government has reassured that almajiri children in the state would be given qualitative educational opportunities. Also, the government said about 25,000 school pupils spread across the 23 local councils of the state have already benefited from the school feeding programme, which cost the government N4bn. The assurance came from the Special Assistant to Governor Uba Sani on school feeding programme, Dr.
Fauziya Buhari-Ado, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. According to the statement, she spoke while hosting some Islamic and underprivileged school pupils as part of the Eid el-Kabir Sallah celebration held at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua bilingual primary school, in the Maraban Gonda, Sabongari local council of Kaduna state. She stated, “Government decided to fete the pupils who combine both Western and Islamic education as part of an ongoing effort to ensure that children of the less privileged have access to quality education in the state.
” Fauziya further said 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 the local economy in the state. She added,” No fewer than 25,000 school pupils spread across the 23 local councils of the state are already benefiting from the school feeding programme.” Fauziya further revealed that the event, which witnessed the slaughtering of the sacrificial ram, special Eid lunch, cutt.