The Kaduna State Government yesterday met with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non Governmental Organisation (NGOs) to work out partnership arrangements for smooth implementation of its school feeding programme.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof Andrew Nok, who declared the meeting open, said that the programme would resume in no distant time.
Nok explained that the programme which hold in the state from January to August in 2016 could not continue due to some challenges, adding that the issues are being address.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Alhaji Adamu Mansur, the commissioner said that the meeting provide avenue for relevant stakeholders to make inputs to ensure the success of the programme.
Also speaking, the Director of Higher Education in the ministry, Mr John Gora, said that partnership with the CSOs and NGOs was crucial to the success of the programme, particularly in the area of monitoring and evaluation.
“The CSOs and NGOs would play a crucial role in effective monitoring of the implementation of the programme throughout the state.
“Similarly, there is concern from stakeholders on the need for the programme to cover the first days 1000 of a child.
“The argument is that, once the child missed the nutrients required in his first 1000 days, the crucial stage in the development of the brain, there would be serious health, social and economic consequences, “ he said.
