Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has announced new opportunities for school feeding programmes, health interventions, and foreign investments, following the state’s participation at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) High-Level Week in New York.
This was contained in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin-Tofa, in Kano on Wednesday. According to the statement, the Governor was represented by Emir Sanusi II and the Director-General of Kan-Invest, Muhammad Halliru.
The Governor explained that the delegation explored collaborations with global partners to expand school feeding and investment opportunities. He noted that one of the highlights was a discussion with Kenyan entrepreneur, Wawira Njiru, founder of Food4Education, aimed at accessing the African Development Bank’s funds for school feeding programmes.
The Kano delegation also took part in major global events, including the Global Compact: Unstoppable Africa and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeepers Event. These platforms provided opportunities to showcase Kano’s investment potential and its development needs in critical sectors.
Yusuf stated that these engagements demonstrated his administration’s commitment to making Kano Nigeria’s leading investment hub. He added that a five-year multi-sectoral investment strategic plan would soon be unveiled to attract foreign investors and boost the state’s revenue base.
On a related development, the Federal Government recently announced plans to expand the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme. On September 14, Aderemi Adebowale, the National Programme Manager at the National Social Investment Programme Agency, disclosed that the government is targeting 50 million pupils by 2026.
“We are working to include early years – primary 1 to 3, primary 4 to 6 – in the school feeding programme, and also out-of-school children, which we are handling step by step to integrate. So, by the year 2026, we are looking at feeding close to 50 million pupils in primary school in Nigeria,” Adebowale said.