Tinubu Approves 20% Palliative For Traditional, Religious Institutions

President Bola Tinubu has approved that 20 percent of palliative in terms of food intervention be routed through religious and tra­ditional institutions, Vice President Kashim Shetti­ma has disclosed.

According to independent.ng, Shettima made this known while delivering the keynote address at a High-Level Dialogue of Faith Leaders on Nutri­tion in Nigeria, held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday.

“The Imam of Bayero University (BUK) men­tioned the exclusion of the traditional and religious leaders in the distribution of palliatives.

“The president has ap­proved that 20 percent of the palliative in terms of food intervention be rout­ed through our religious organisations and the tra­ditional institutions.

“The Tsangaya schools, the mission schools will be specially targeted for such intervention,” Shettima said.

The vice president said that government was work­ing out logistics through the Federal Ministry of Ag­riculture to ensure smooth implementation of the in­tervention programme.

“This intervention will be anchored in the office of the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Abubakar Bagudu, and he is going to anchor the programme.

“We are going to provide the overall supervision to­wards the implementation of the programme.

“Also 20 percent of the funds for the School Feed­ing Programme is going to be channeled through the office of the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning to the religious bodies.”

Shettima stated that government had already commenced engagement and working out modali­ties for the intervention to ensure a very transparent disbursement, taken into cognisance of all tenden­cies in our system.

He added that the in­tervention would include Tsangaya and Mission schools.