First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has said the Federal Government will ensure the national school feeding programme is properly established before the end of President Bola Tinubu's tenure, describing investment in children as essential to Nigeria's future.
Speaking while receiving a World Bank delegation at the State House in Abuja, the First Lady said the administration was committed to policies that improve the lives of Nigerians, particularly children.
According to a press release from her office, Senator Tinubu said, ‘The population size of Nigeria alone is our advantage, because Nigeria is a great nation.’
She said government ministries had continued to work together on programmes that improve public health and living conditions.
‘The ministries have also been doing their best, for the benefit of our nation, with environment, sanitation, because environmental cleanliness is very key. I worked with the Minister of Environment to an extent, and that was why we started the Green Challenge,’ she said.
‘You talked on multi sectoral approach; that is what we have been doing. I will say that Mr President has gotten himself a wonderful team; they got it,’ she added.
Highlighting the administration's health interventions, she said, ‘When it comes to tuberculosis, we went out for sensitisation and promoted the campaign, and now, talking about our children, those are the joy of our nation, if we have to do a lot.’
The First Lady said her office would continue working with wives of state governors to support programmes that improve the wellbeing of children across the country.
‘We are looking forward to school feeding. I can assure that before we finish our tenure, it would have been properly established because even Mr President is very passionate about this, even when he was the Governor in Lagos State,’ she said.
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