Osun To Recruit 2,000 Food Vendors For School Pupils

Osun to recruit 2,000 food vendors for school pupils
Osun State Government is set to employ 2,000 food vendors, in a bid to enhance the Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme also known as O’MEALS.

The vendors will join others in the preparation of meals for the public school pupils across the state.

Programme
Officer of the scheme, Mrs Olaniyan Kehinde, who stated this during an
interaction with applicants at the O’MEALs secretariat complex in
Osogbo, the state capital, commended the administration of Governor
Adegboyega Oyetola for opening another window of employment opportunity
for women in the state.

Olaniyan, who lauded the efforts of the
administration for sustaining the scheme, said the employment
opportunity will further help to empower women.

She acknowledged
the administration of Governor Oyetola for demonstrating genuine
commitment to women and children development since assumption of office.

Olaniyan noted that the scheme had helped to banish the scourge of unemployment and poverty among women since it was founded.

She
described the success recorded since the establishment of the scheme as
unprecedented particularly in alleviating poverty in the society.

“Governor
Oyetola has approved the recruitment of another set of food vendors
(caterers) who will be preparing nutritious meals for our pupils in
every school day across the state.

“As we all know, this scheme
is aimed to banish poverty, unemployment, hunger and increase primary
school enrolment as well as encourage local and state-wide economic
growth.

“The recruitment exercise was conceived to empower unemployed women in the state and to eradicate poverty, and hunger.

“This
initiative will to complement the efforts already put in place as the
new vendors will be trained and exposed to skills that can avail them
the opportunities of being self-independent and self-reliant.

“We are planning to recruit 2,000 fresh set of caterers while some of the old ones will be relieved.

“So, we are going into synergy with the new beneficiaries with some of the old ones who have been found worthy in the course of discharging their duties.”

Source:- Dailytrustng