The Osun State Government will recruit 2,000 food vendors to enhance the state’s Elementary School Feeding and Health Programme popularly known as- O’MEALS.
The vendors will join others in the preparation of meals for the public school pupils across the state.
The State Programme Officer of the scheme, Mrs Olaniyan Kehinde, disclosed this during an interaction with applicants at the O’MEALs Secretariat Complex in Osogbo, the state capital.
She 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 present administration for sustaining the scheme, said the employment opportunity would further help to empower women.
She said the scheme had helped to banish the scourge of unemployment and poverty among women since it was founded.
“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.
“The recruitment exercise was conceived to empower unemployed women in the state and as well help to eradicate poverty and hunger.
“This initiative will help 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 2000 fresh set of caterers while some of the old ones will be relieved,” she said.