SERAP Demands Records On School Feeding Prog

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal Government to publish details of the suppliers and contractors, the procurement rules, including bidding processes, the total budget, and all designated voucher distribution and collection sites for the implementation of the school feeding programme at home.

SERAP has also asked for additional information on the number of states to be covered during the COVID-19 crisis, the projected spending per state, details of the mechanisms and logistics that have been put in place to carry out the programme, as well as the role expected to be played by the World Food Programme.

The organization in a Freedom of Information (FoI) request signed by its Deputy Director Kolawole Oluwadare dated 9 May, 2020, noted that the details of feeding school programme is necessary for Nigerians to hold those in charge of the contracts accountable and ensure transparency.

Recall that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Ms Sadia Umar-Farouk, last Wednesday, announced the commencement of the feeding school children programmes in their homes during the COVID-19 crisis, in which schools are not opened, starting from Ogun and Lagos states, including Abuja.

In the FoI request sent to Ms Umar-Farouk, SERAP said publishing the details of the programme is in the public interest and would help “to address public scepticism regarding the ability of the government to satisfactorily implement the programme, promote openness, and allow Nigerians to track its implementation and to hold suppliers and contractors to account.”

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