In its effort to education affordable to all and sundry, the
government of Enugu State have approved the provision of one free meal
per day for pupils in primary one to three.
The state is committed to making education a priority starting from
the grassroots and take it to the next level—and also sustain the
development projects in the educational sector, Governor Ifeanyi
Ugwuanyi was quoted as saying on Monday while inaugurating the committee
for the free meal project.
Governor Ugwuanyi who was represented by his deputy, Mrs. Cecilia
Ezeilo while inaugurating two separate committees: Science, vocational
and Technical education and the free meal steering committee at
Government House noted that his government had made human capital
development its priority.
“It’s a surest way of sustaining the future of the people,” he told the gathering at the Executive Council Chambers.
In his remarks, the State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze
who heads the committee said the project would stimulate sustained
attention by the pupils as well as encourage school farming since the
feeding is home-grown based
