Adamu Adamu, minister of education, says the ministry is not
involved in the N2.67 billion fraud alleged by the Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
Bolaji Owasanoye, ICPC chairman, disclosed on Monday that
the said sum paid to some federal colleges for school feeding during the
COVID-19 lockdown ended up in private bank accounts.
Federal government colleges (unity schools) are under the
ministry of education.
Asked to comment on the allegation, Adamu told TheCable that
his ministry does not handle such programmes.
He said instead, the office of the vice-president and that
of the ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social
development should be asked.
“I think you should try to verify this by asking ICPC to
give you the evidence, or by asking the Office of the Vice President that was
handling school feeding before, or by asking the Ministry of Humanitarian
Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,” Adamu said.
“The Federal Ministry of Education doesn’t handle the
issue.”
Sadiya Umar Farouq, humanitarian affairs minister, said her
ministry has no link to the alleged fraud.
Umar Farouq said her ministry is responsible for the feeding
of pupils in primaries 1-3 in select public schools across the country under
the home grown school feeding programme, not the feeding of college students.
The ICPC later clarified the statement of its chairman.
”The Commission wishes to clarify that the “school feeding”
referred to by the Chairman of ICPC was the feeding of boarding students in
Federal Government Colleges, who were all at home during the COVID-19 lockdown.
This is NOT the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme being managed by the
Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social
Development,” it said.
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