OSINBAJO SURVIVES AS HELICOPTER CRASH LANDS
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo escaped death on
Saturday as his helicopter crash-landed in Kogi state, his spokesperson, Laolu
Akande, said.
Mr Akande in a tweet said, “VP Osinbajo’s
Chopper crash lands in Kabba, but he and the entire crew safe. He is continuing
with his engagements and plans for the day in Kogi State.”
Details of the incident were not immediately
clear.
It is the second time Mr Osinbajo’s
helicopter would crash-land.
In June 2017, he survived a similar accident
when the chopper he was traveling in crash-landed shortly after take off in
Gwagawalada, Abuja.
He was in the area council to attend the
graduation of 40 senior officers of the Nigeria Customs Service.
Mr Osinbajo has been traversing the country
extensively as part of the implementation of the Social Intervention Programme
of the Buhari administration
The components of the administration’s Social
Investment Programmes include the N-Power programme, the National Home-Grown
School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)
programme and the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP), which
consists of the MarketMoni, FarmerMoni and TraderMoni schemes.
He was in Benin, Edo State, on Thursday Prof.
Osinbajo stated this on Thursday in Benin, Edo State, for the official flag-off
of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHSFP) in the State.
With the addition to Edo State, the number of
participating states in the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme has now risen
from 26 to 30 out of 36 states nationwide.
The 30 States now participating in Home Grown
School Feeding Programme include: Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo; Akwa Ibom,
Cross River, Delta, Osun, Oyo, Ondo and Ogun.
The others are Benue, Niger, Plateau, Kaduna,
Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Jigawa, Adamawa,
Kebbi, Nasarawa, Kogi and Edo states.
The six remaining states – Rivers, Lagos,
Ekiti, Kwara, Bayelsa, Yobe and Rivers – and the FCT are set to commence
implementation of the programme soon.
The school feeding programme, which is a part
of the Buhari administration’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP), currently
feeds 9.3 million schoolchildren one nutritious meal a day in over 50,000
public primary schools nationwide (aside from the number in Edo State).
Also, the NHGSFP has created thousands of
jobs for cooks, farmers and indigenes in the communities where these schools
are located. Currently, there are 101,000 cooks engaged in the programme, while
more than 150,000 small holder farmers and youths are engaged in the overall
value chain of NHGSF; from production to processing, aggregation, packaging and
distribution across different states nationwide.
The Federal Government provides 100 per cent
funding support, for feeding primary 1-3 pupils, while states provide operational
funding support.
Speaking at the event in Benin, the Vice
President noted that the administration’s Social Investment Programmes is the
‘largest social safety net programme in the history of Nigeria, noting that
Nigerians benefit from the school feeding programme in different ways.
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