School meals: NASCO to produce biscuits for 25m pupils

The federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NASCO Foods Limited Jos, Plateau State, on the production of High Nutrient Density (HND) biscuits for primary school pupils under the school meals project. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who spoke at the occasion in Abuja, said the MoU was necessary […]

The federal government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NASCO Foods Limited Jos, Plateau State, on the production of High Nutrient Density (HND) biscuits for primary school pupils under the school meals project.
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who spoke at the occasion in Abuja, said the MoU was necessary in order to advance the implementing process of HND biscuits for the National School Feeding Programme (NSFP).
Onu said the project was conceived out of the need to address the increasing food challenges of primary school children between the ages of five and 13 years.
“In this process, jobs will be created, wealth will be generated and national GDP will be enhanced through the productive sector of the economy,” he said.