Following allegations of fraud and poor service delivery, the Jigawa State Government has suspended contractors involved in the state school feeding programme.
Hon. Auwal D. Sankara, Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Special Duties, disclosed this during an inspection of some schools in Dutse local government on Wednesday.
At the Government Commercial Secondary School, Dutse, a consignment of rice supplied to the school was rejected for failing to meet the required standards.
The Commissioner subsequently dismissed Alhaji Sule Zai, the Chairman of the School Feeding Contractors, over the incident.
Similarly, three contractors, Kamalu Sulaiman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abanderi, and Alhaji Umaru Chamo were suspended at the School for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Dutse, for delivering incomplete food supplies to students.
The commissioner noted that the food is not safe for students’ consumption, leading to the immediate suspension of the contractor, Jibrin Maifata.
“The inspection was part of government efforts to ensure accountability and protect students’ welfare.
“The monitoring team discovered irregularities, including inflated student population figures, supply of substandard food items, and incomplete food deliveries to boarding schools.
“At the Girls Model Boarding School, Kudai, inspectors found a major discrepancy between official records and the actual number of students. While school records indicated a population of 1,008 students, a physical head count showed only 681,” he said.
Hon. Sankara said the actions were in line with Governor Umar A. Namadi’s 12-Point Agenda and the administration’s commitment to transparency and accountability in public programmes.
He warned that any individual found diverting resources meant for students’ feeding and welfare would be prosecuted.
The Commissioner explained that the inspections would continue across the state to ensure value for public funds and adherence to standards in all social intervention programmes.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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