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By Modupe Shodeinde
Pupils under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Niger State are being fed expired rice with quarter of an egg for their meals, Niger lawmakers have alleged.
The Assembly, in an investigation by some of its members alleged the programme is marred by a lot of malpractices and sharp practices from officials and vendors.
Disclosing the findings of the investigation while raising a matter of urgent importance during plenary, member representing Suleja Constituency, Liman Iya, said pupils are served poor and under-nourished meals.
“We wonder why primary school pupils in the state are served with poor and under nutritious meals. We are disturbed by this as it will defeat the purpose of the programme.
“I received a lot of messages showing pictures of the type of food being fed to the children. Our investigation showed that the type of rice is an expired quantity of rice and God knows how it was prepared.
“The ration given to the children is not enough. Certain meals that should be for one person are shared among three pupils.
“There are so many complaints across the state. So many malpractices are happening that need to be addressed,” he alleged.
