A Kaduna-based lawyer, Maxwell Kyon, has sued
Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai over the
free school feeding programme of his
administration.
At a Kaduna Chief Magistrate’s Court 4 on
Tuesday, Kyon argued that there was no need
for the state government to feed schoolchildren
in the state, stressing that the initiative was
unconstitutional.
However, the Director of Litigation of the state
Ministry of Justice, Sanusi Usman, who led the
legal team for the defendant, said the plaintiff
had no grounds to challenge the programme.
But chief magistrate, Mairo Muhammed
adjourned the case till March 17, 2016 for
hearing.
Meanwhile, parents under the aegis of
Concerned Parents of Public School Pupils have
declared their support for the programme.
They said nobody would stop their children
from eating free meals at school.
One of the leaders of the group, James
Ogwoche, told reporters that the programme
had been beneficial to his two sons in a primary
school in the State.
He added that since the programme began he
had not been spending on breakfast for his
children.
Ogwuche said, “We are telling anybody who has
any minority view over the Kaduna State’s free
feeding programme to leave parents and
government alone. I don’t know why some
people always go against a good initiative.”
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