The Kaduna State Government has suspended its education secretary in Zaria Local Government, over misconduct with monies meant for vendors of the state’s free feeding programme.
The state’ Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Dr Shehu Adamu, made this known while giving updates to newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, on the implementation of state’s free feeding programme.
“Based on our arrangement, the monies for the vendors would be deposited weekly in banks where each of the vendors’ cooperative societies opened their account.
“The heads of the cooperative societies will thereafter access the money and distribute same to each vendor accordingly, based on the number of pupils expected to be fed in a week at N50 per plate.
“But it was alleged that the officer gathered all the heads of the cooperative societies within the local government in his office.
“He collected the monies from them and was personally sharing it to the vendors which lasted up to the middle of Monday night, thereby affecting the implementation of the programme in Zaria.
“That is not his responsibility, and therefore, he is suspended to enable the ministry carry out full investigation into the matter, “Adamu said.
He added that other local government areas where such cases were reported were also under investigation and warned that any official found involved in such practices would also be prosecuted.
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