By Oziegbe Okoeki
Lagos State government fed more than 11,000 pupils from 33 schools in Lagos Island last week in its free feeding initiative for schools called ‘Snacks for Thought’.
The week-long pilot scheme floated by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and implemented through the office of Civic Engagement is aimed at energising pupils for concentration during classes, improve their academic performance and an incentive for higher enrolment in schools.
Speaking during the grand appreciation of all volunteers at Lagos Island at the weekend, Special Adviser to the Governor on Civic Engagement, Princess Aderemi Adebowale, said that for a country where a substantial number of children go to classes hungry or without balanced diet, this initiative is aimed at providing motivation for pupils to stay in class, learn with filled bellies, and to avoid a life of crime.
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“It is expected that when children learn with filled bellies, they’ll have more motivation to concentrate, stay in class and want to do more with their lives than fraud.”
Aderemi explained that the programme will definitely have a multiplier effect on the THEME agenda of the state government as it will promote access to quality education, which will eventually bring about generation of citizens that will uphold societal values and sustain the growth of Lagos State and Nigeria at large.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, commended the initiative and noted that it will have multiplier benefits in the area of education, health, agriculture and nutrition.
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