Disaster Management and Social Development

School Feeding: FG, Ondo Govt. Train Cooks For Quality Meals 

School Feeding: FG, Ondo Govt. Train Cooks For Quality Meals 

May 1, 2022 5:01 am

The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in partnership with the Ondo State Government has organised a master training for cooks across the 18 local government areas of the state in Akure under the Federal Government school feeding programme.

Present at the training were stakeholders from the state team made up of the state dieticians, environmentalists, hygiene officers and officials of the state team for NSIP.

Speaking on the essence of the training, Mrs Kemisola Olasetemi, the team leader from the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said the training became necessary …

Diversion of school feeding funds - Minister challenges ICPC

Diversion Of School Feeding Funds: Minister Challenges ICPC

September 29, 2020 5:31 pm

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has challenged the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Offenses Commission, ICPC to publish the names of persons, federal colleges and school heads responsible for the alleged diversion of  ₦2.72b budgeted for School feeding during COVID-19 lockdown to private accounts.

The Minister also challenged the anti-corruption agency to also publish details of the accounts where the missing funds were diverted.

The Minister said this in a statement issued by her special adviser on media, Nneka Anibeze in reaction to presentation by the Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji …

We’ve Paid Dissolved N-Power Batches – FG

N-Power: 5M Candidates Applied For Batch C Enrollment – Farouq

August 11, 2020 11:43 am

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has said that no fewer than five million candidates have applied for the N-Power program.

The Minister made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday by her Special Assistant on Strategic Communication, Mrs Halima Oyelade.

She said that the registration which commenced on June 26 was to end on July 26 but was extended by two weeks.

“A total of 5,042,001 Nigerian youths have applied as at the end of the registration.

“Due diligence will be applied during the next stages of the selection to ensure

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We’ve Spent Over ₦500m On School Feeding Programme - Farouq

We’ve Spent Over ₦500m On School Feeding Programme – Farouq

August 4, 2020 7:30 am

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has revealed that the federal government spent about ₦523.3 million on school feeding programme during the lockdown against the Coronavirus pandemic.

The minister disclosed this at the Presidential Taskforce briefing on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja.

She said that the program was modified and implemented in three states following a March 29 Presidential directive.

Read Also: FG’s School Feeding Programme, A Monumental Scam — PDP

According to her, each take-home ration was valued at ₦4,200 and the EFCC, CCB, ICPC, DSS and some NGOs were reportedly invited

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I Never Said Every Nigerian Received COVID-19 Palliative – Farouq

I Never Said Every Nigerian Received COVID-19 Palliative – Farouq

August 4, 2020 4:59 am

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, has insisted that she never said every Nigerian received COVID-19 palliative during the lockdown.

Farouq said this on Monday at the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja.

Read Also: Obasanjo Mocks Buhari’s Palliatives, Lists Areas Govt Must Focus

According to her, it is impossible to give palliative to all Nigerians.

“In recent days, there have been speculations around one of our key interventions during the COVID-19 lockdown,” Farouq said.

“Take home ration for the school feeding programme was done in

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Terrorists

Minister Reveals Why Buhari Pardoned 104 Terrorists

February 23, 2020 6:13 am

The Federal Government, through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, has explained why 104 ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members were freed.

She said President Muhammadu Buhari granted amnesty to the repentant terrorists “so that they could be assisted in different areas of human development.”

According to a statement by the Assistant Director, Information, Rhoda Ishaku Iliya, the Minister said this when she received the representatives of the Chief of Defence staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishaki, led by the Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, Maj.-Gen

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Fake Wedding

Hearing On Buhari’s Fake Wedding With Sadiya Faruq Stalls

February 5, 2020 11:36 am

Hearing of purported fake wedding video of president Muhammad Buhari and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Faruq on Wednesday could not proceed due to the inability of the complainant to tender the case file.

The alleged mastermind of the fake wedding video, Kabiru Mohammad was initially arraigned before a Kano Magistrates court 72, sitting on Nomansland in Sabon Gari, Kano on 14th January 2020, for defamation and injurious falsehood.

Although, DSS paraded Kabiru at its Abuja headquarters, he was brought to Kano on remand proceeding with the aforementioned charges.

Kabiru who had been granted N1million …

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