N-Power: FG gives update on recruitment of teachers

The Federal Government has confirmed the engagement of over 136,000
teaching Assistants under the Federal Government's N-power programme
across the country.

Special Adviser to the President on Social Investments, Hajiya Maryam
Uwais disclosed this in Kano on Monday at an interactive Social Policy
Workshop on strengthening capacity to ensure sustainability for Child
targeted programmes in Northern Nigeria.

She disclosed that the government was feeding 8.5 million children
each school day under its school feeding programme across the country.

Uwais explained that the gesture was aimed at not only reducing the
pressure on families to provide food on the table for their children
but also improving learning outcomes and improves the health of the
children.

"Enrolment of Children in primary schools has drastically improved.
Many of our poorest citizens do not prioritise education, often due to
lack of appreciation of how education can enhance the fortunes of a
child," she said.

Uwais said the school feeding programme was initiated by the Federal
Government to address school enrolment problem and boost their
nutrition.

"Our potential as a nation cannot be fully realised when over 40 per
cent of our population is deprived of the capacity to achieve full
potential.

"Where we do not deliberately plan to educate and empower our
girl-child, we lose the economic potential of the value she could have
contributed to herself, the household and the community, not to talk
of the impact of her knowledge on her children and generations."