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The Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba Saka Matemilola, has said hunger among schoolchildren poses a superior menace to Nigeria’s future, blaming the nonaccomplishment of the Federal Government’s schoolhouse feeding programme connected mediocre implementation alternatively than faulty policy.
The monarch said nary federation could physique a unafraid aboriginal portion children attended schoolhouse connected bare stomachs, informing that poorness and hunger could propulsion susceptible children into transgression if urgent interventions were not sustained.
Oba Matemilola stated this on Monday during a property briefing astatine his palace successful Abeokuta, Ogun State, to people his 4th coronation anniversary, wherever helium highlighted the interaction of the Olowu Hope Initiative (OHI), the palace’s societal involution programme.
He said the inaugural is anchored connected the strategical pillars of education, wellness and wellbeing, endeavor and skills development, and biology sustainability and clime action, successful enactment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Responding to questions connected the Federal Government’s schoolhouse feeding programme, the monarch said the inaugural failed due to the fact that it was not decently implemented.
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