Social Investment Program - N-SIP Bauchi

HGSFP: State Focal Person charges Protein Suppliers companies on trust and Quality Control

In a renewed effort to restore the battered image of the school feeding program and improve quality control in the supply chains, the newly appointed Focal Person and Special Adviser to the Governor on Social Investment Programmes Hon Ahmad Madaki Gololo has admonished protein suppliers companies to uphold trust in the sufficient supply and distribution of proteins across all centres.

In a meeting held at BASSIPO with protein companies, Madaki Gololo reiterated the determination of the present administration to complement the effort put forward by the FG on the school feeding initiative in the state, added that '' it is pertinent to note that this noble scheme is a trust which every one must account for it, hence there is need for you as contractors to preserve the sanctity of this trust at all cost. A committee was set up by the governor in which we were able to discover enormous challenges especially in the protein centres where cooks have not been given the required proteins and these complains were virtually every where in the state''. Madaki Gololo said this government has no intention of witch hunting any one but it believes in committed service to the people.

In her separate remark, the program manager of the Bauchi State School feeding program, Mrs Doris Yashi explains that the era of getting away with a crime is over and therefore warns food vendors to desist themselves from causing anything that would jeopardize the program in the state, noted that those going around collecting money from women and given them fake forms claiming to be providing to people feeding job, if caught will be severely dealt with, as security agencies has since been informed to arrest any person engaged in such fraudelant act. Mrs Yashi further stresses the importance of time and call on cooks to ensure timely delivery of hot-meals to the pupils.

The meeting cautioned the suppliers to be careful in their conduct as they might be aware that FG has recruited monitors and assigned them to 20 LGAs of the state to ensure stiff adherence to the rules of engagement through effective monitoring of the program, therefore no defaulter would be allowed to go without refunding the money to the FG's account.

The meeting further discussed the deadlock associated with multiple clusters during protein's distribution, and later resolved to provide a unique cluster which will be used by service providers, while on the issue of persistent complains by cooks, henceforth cook's identity cards will be produced and issued at the SIPs office Bauchi to avoid extortion. Also pointed out at the meeting is the issue of centrality and inevitable need of getting a hygienic place of slaughtering of animals and already the State School Feeding Multi Sectoral Team had since at their last meeting directed all LGAs to assign one veterinary officer so as to ensure absolute compliance and preservation of hygienic quality of proteins at all times. Going by the implementation manual requirement, each participating state should adopt and sustain monitoring and evaluation mechanism which will further support the program, also highlighted.

Part of the central agenda discussed during the meeting was the recent disbursement to cooks and protein suppliers and the modalities of feeding commencement, the meeting resolved that Wednesday 31st July 2019 was slated for the 17th trench feeding commencement in the Bauchi state while the remaining missed out days would be completed after schools resumption.

Responding, the State Chairman Protein Suppliers Forum Alh. Usman Muhammad promised to be just and transparent in their conduct and urged the management of the SIPs to consider introducing a sensitization training which will involve all cooks as this will go a long way for each cook to be able to know the kilogram and the quantity of proteins given are in conformity with their number of pupils allocated to a vendor.

HGSFP is one of the giant stride of the Buhari led FG to uplift the standard of education through direct feeding program to school pupils and with the coming of Senator Bala Muhammad as Bauchi State Governor, the program is receiving massive support not only in the feeding program but in all the four components of the Social Investment Programmes. The school feeding program is targeted at increasing enrollment in our schools, boost local farmers wealth, combat malnutrition among poor households and empowering community base women to serve as cooks which will eventually support grassroot economy and growth.

Ibrahim Sani
Media Unit
Social Investment Programmes
Bauchi State

STRONG WIND DESTROY HOUSES IN BAUCHI

Many houses have
been destroyed by strong winds and rains experienced yesterday leaving host of families in desperate need of shelter.
The marks of destruction are still visible and the events of what transpired on the fateful day are still vivid in the minds of
the victims.
It started
as a normal day turned into a nightmare as rains accompanied
by strong winds blew away roof sheets, completely destroying
homesteads and damaging household items.

The victims said their fears are compounded by the thought of
the situation getting worse once the rainy season sets in.
In Bauchi State, we have witness alot of damages by the wind.
Meanwhile, several homesteads and schools have also been destroyed by strong winds and rains in the state.

Areas affected within bauchi LGA include
Magaji Quaters
Federal Low cost
State lowcost
Barrack Bauchi
Tambari Estate
Bello Khaliel estate
Wunti Dada estate
Miri
G.R.A
Gwallaga
Nassarawa
Wunti
Muda lawal
Bakin kura
Kobi
gida dubu
Yelwa and many more.

My thoughts are with all that have been affected in one way or the other.

To those who lost their lives, may jannatul firdaus be their final destination.

To those with physical injuries, may Allah strengthen you and grant you wellness.

To those who lost properties, may Allah replenish you with what is even better than what you've lost.

I pray may Allah forgive our shortcomings and bless us with goodness and strength to donthe needful.

Musa Zaharaddeen Bayero
Npower State Ambassador

School Feeding: Bauchi Re-Commence Programme Tomorrow

The National Home Grown School Feeding Programme is re-commencing in the over 2,000 public primary Schools of Bauchi State tomorrow, statement released by the BSSIPO has said

“Following the resumption of schools and the direct disbursement of funds to Bauchi state cooks by the FGN last week, the 4th trenche of programme is re-commencing, Wednesday, 31/02/18 and will last till Tuesday,27/12/18.

Meanwhile, His Excellency Governor Mohammed Abubakar has approved the recommendation of State School Feeding Multi Sectoral Team for the review of cook-pupils ratio to a maximum number of 80 pupils per cook.

“The approval is in line with the resolve of the administration to maximize service efficiency and bring on-board more beneficiaries into the social protection system of FGN”

In a separate development, the approved mobile money operator is concluding the 7th round of conditional cash transfer disbursement to 20,302 poor households in the state, this week. The payment which commence last week covers months of December 2017 and January 2018.

Similarly, about 3,000 traders has received fresh loan disbursement of N50,000 each from the Bank of Industry last week. It can be recalled that FGN has last year selected Bauchi state as one of the priority states where 38,000 beneficiaries are targeted for immediate disbursement under the GEEP program.

Signed

Media Unit of Bauchi State Social Investment Programme (BSSIPO)
Office of the Governor, Bauchi State,
30th January 2018

Good Morning
My Dear Bauchi 2016 NPVCs

The distribution of the 2nd batch of N-Power devices has commenced.
It commenced in Lagos and will spread out to other states shortly.

Please be patient, everyone will get their device.

This applies ONLY to 2016 beneficiaries in the 2nd batch.

- Npower


Signed

Mansur Manu Soro
State Focal Person, N-SIP Bauchi