Adamu distances education ministry from ‘N2.67bn school feeding fraud’



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 told TheCable. 

“The Federal Ministry of Education doesn’t handle the issue.”

 Laolu Akande, media aide of Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, told TheCable that the ICPC chairman was not referring to the homegrown school feeding programme which was formerly supervised by the office of the vice-president.

“If you read the speech, you will see clearly that ICPC was not referring to the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme,” he said.

Sadiya Umar Farouq, humanitarian affairs minister, earlier said her ministry has no link to the alleged fraud.


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