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The Osun State Government is considering a review of its policy of free feeding of primary school pupils in the state.
Investigation by.....
our correspondent
revealed on Thursday that Governor Rauf Aregbesola had set up a
committee to work out how to implement the review of this policy.
The nine-member committee, which is
also working on the review of the state’s free health programme for
children and the elderly, may recommend that parents be made to pay a
little levy for each child in school.
The committee comprises permanent secretaries in the state and a level 17 officer, who is a director.
A source in the government circles told
our correspondent that labour leaders in the state recommended the
review of the free feeding policy alongside others to save money for
payment of salaries of civil servants and to carry out developmental
projects.
The Aregbesola government has for almost
six months been unable to pay workers salaries, a development it blames
on dwindling allocation from the Federal Government.
Deputy Governor Titi Laoye-Tomori had
said last year that the “ school feeding meals cost government of the
State of Osun N3.6bn annually.”
In December 2014, the All Progressives
Congress in the state said the allocation accruing to the state had
fallen from N3.8bn per month to N1.3bn.
Following agitations by civil servants
over the non-payment of their salaries, Aregbesola challenged labour
leaders in the state to suggest how his administration could generate
more funds to meet its obligations.
The labour leaders consequently came up with a report containing recommendations for the review of the policies.
Culled - Punch
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