The enumeration committee of the Federal Government homegrown feeding programme for public primary schools has uncovered 349 ghost schools in Nasarawa state.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned the Team leader , Mallam Abdullahi Usman, disclosed this when he led the members of the committee to the Government House, Lafia on Thursday.
Usman is Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiyah Umar’s Adviser.
He said some of the officials were pocketing the money meant for schools feeding programme in the state.
1,203 public primary schools were according to him captured as benefiting schools at the start of the programme,
‘After due process of vetting, the committee discovered that 349 of such schools were actually ghost schools, with some officials pocketing the money meant for feeding these schools’ he stated.
Usman added that following the discovery, top ministry officials in Abuja had called for the removal of Nasarawa State from the scheme but that the decision was rejected in order not to punish the poor children that would benefit from the scheme.
Two key officials of the programme in Nasarawa State, the state programme officer and the consultant were however according to him suspended and had other people appointed as their replacements.
He appreciated all the relevant stakeholders including the National Orientation Agency (NOA), National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), National Bureau for Statistics (NBS), the state Ministry of Education, amongst others, for making the work of the committee a success in Nasarawa State.
He particularly applauded Governor Abdulahi Sule for his cooperation and support while also recognizing the contribution of the state focal person, Mr Imran Usman Jibrin.
The focal person is Governor Abdulahi Sule’s Senior Special Assistant on Humanitarian Services.
He added that Nasarawa state had been rated as the best supportive state in the country while the team in the state was also rated the best in the country-Team@orientactualmags.com
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