Enrollment, Attendance In Public Schools Drop As Zamfara Government Suspends Free Feeding | Sahara Reporters

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The suspension of free school feeding in the Zamfara State Government schools will discourage pupils’ enrollment in public schools, parents and guardians have decried. Some parents stated this in interviews with Daily Post, adding that the free feeding had a positive impact on the growth of education, as it was encouraging students to be punctual in the schools.

Investigations also revealed that since the state government suspended the free feeding in the schools, coupled with the teething insecurity situation, the rate of students’ enrollment has drastically reduced.The suspension of free school feeding in the Zamfara State Government schools will discourage pupils’ enrollment in public schools, parents and guardians have decried.

They admitted that some students in the school had stopped coming to the school, pointing out that the stoppage may not be unconnected with the state government’s decision to suspend the students’ feeding. “The same State government that initiated the feeding program is turning around to suspend the programme. The agency was established by the first executive Governor of the State, Senator Ahmed Sani Yerima in the year 2000 to encourage pupils to be attending schools regularly.

 

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Yeah! He prefer to spend the money sending people to hajj to pray for insecurity. Nonsense

Most of you did not see the report that there are 349 ghost schools benefiting from the govt's free feeding program in Nasarawa State alone. Now you are questioning the govt's attempt to stop the program.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

But why did you suspend the program, or have your state been removed from the lists of the privileged northern states? The lifelines from Abuja is ever flowing into the coffers of northern governors unless political differences have done the unthinkable.

This criminals should be very happy that's all they want keep the people down forever..and continue to steal from them..nonsense

What do you expect before, they are been force to go to school in the north, that is how they waist our money on them useless, whereas in the south, they paid less attention to us here, I don't blame them is our useless leaders in the south here that gave them the opportunity

Sure, they can't finish what they start

That is exactly what you get, when you weaponized poverty…..

Nobody is feeding anybody in the south but you feed people in the North, how can it be well with you people 😂😂😂

No food to chop again 🤣😅

Our children in the South goes to school without government taking up feeding responsibility. Are you people not ashame?

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