As part of efforts to check malnutrition among school pupils, the Federal Government has concluded plans to provide free daily milk to 30 million children pupils in primary and secondary schools across the country.
The gesture was aimed at implementing the free school feeding programme promised by President Mohammadu Buhari during the 2015 electioneering campaign.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this during a meeting with a team from the West African Milk Company (WAMCO) in Abuja.
The minister said based on United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNESCO report, at least 24 per cent of Nigerian children under the age of five are underweight, while 37 per cent are severely malnourished.
He said the effect has serious implication on the intelligent quotient of the children.
However, Audu gave assurance that the situation would be addressed.
He said the ministry will in 2016 commence programmes to develop massive grazing fields for cattle.
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