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It has come to the notice of the general public that about 10 Cooks involved in the school feeding programme that started in the Buhari administration in 2016.
According to the manager of the said programme in Anambra State, Nigeria:
Mrs Eriken Uzoamaka, the Programme Manager, Homegrown School Feeding Scheme, Anambra State, has said the death of 10 cooks of the scheme hampered the running of the programme in the state.
She did not mention the cause or nature of the death of the said cooks, but said primary school pupils could no longer benefit from the programme because the 10 dead cooks have yet to be replaced.Source
Informing the journalist about the death of the 10 Cooks without mentioning the cause of their death is on acceptable, because this might endanger the lives of school pupils across the state.
Uzoamaka said the cooks were recruited from communities around the primary schools, verified and trained in food safety and hygiene by the national body, to provide catering service in the 21 local government areas of the state.
She said, “All the government-owned primary schools in the state should be benefiting from this programme, but due to challenges in the programme, some schools are not benefiting.Source
Each cook is to take care of about 150 school children and the lose of 10 Cooks meant that about 1500, school children are already affected by the demise of the 10 Cooks.
This shortage of cooks is a major challenge facing the school feeding programme in Anambra. According to report, one the national body in charge of recruiting cooks can replace the dead cooks.
Apart from shortages of cooks, the other challenge facing the school feeding programme is the high cost of goods sold in the market. The causes of the high cost of goods in the market is multifaceted in nature.
I'll end this post by saying that, the government inform the general public about the death of the 10 Cooks, if it was natural or as a result of their participation in the school feeding programme.
