FG Train Cooks For School Feeding Programme In Kwara

No fewer than 32 cooks selected from across the sixteen local governments of Kwara State on Tuesday, underwent training ahead of the takeoff of the school feeding programme in the state.

The training was organized by the National Documentation and Training of Cooks on the National Home-Grown Feeding Programme of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management and Social Development.

Area Manager, Ilorin Office of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Temitayo Quadri said, "Two trainees are selected from each local government area of Kwara State, so we are training 32 persons. We expect them to put in their best in whatever they do, and to develop themselves more and not to limit themselves to what they do now."

Quadri urged the participants to always cook with the torch of professionalism, passion and good hygiene that could help the health of the children through the inclusion of the six components of balanced diets. 

"It is a programme for the National School Feeding Programme that is facilitated by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, and Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has been chosen as one of the centres to train the trainees for the cooking programme.

"The participants have gone through training in the past but we want something better that will have an impact on them on how to cook with good hygiene and other areas that we think will benefit the children," Quadri explained. 

She encouraged the cooks not to relent on their efforts and allow their work to speak for them anywhere they are.

One of the participants, Zainab Aliu from Patigi said, "We have learnt a lot about personal hygiene and how to prepare foods in the best way for the children. We have to take care of food items and everything we use to make a well-balanced diet for children."

"It is a good programme. I gained a lot from it. There are a lot of benefits in the programme and I thank the government for doing this for us," she added.