For alleged cheating and dishonesty regarding food quality and quantity in the ongoing Ramadan Iftar programme, the Jigawa State Government has sacked 22 vendors and companies participating in the programme.
The programme initiated by Governor Umar Namadi targeting 7.9 million beneficiaries across 640 free meal centres in the state is to provide relief and nutritious meals to vulnerable citizens during the 2026 Ramadan period.
But on Friday, due to questionable financial dealings, the Jigawa State Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Special Duties, Auwalu Sankara, announced the sacking of 22 vendors, attributed to gross misconduct, mismanagement of public funds, and poor handling of the programme.
The statement explained that barely two weeks into the programme, a comprehensive supervisory report and field monitoring exercise reportedly uncovered serious misconduct by several vendors and companies following public complaints.
The development prompted the State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Special Duties to take swift action, sacking those suspected to be involved.
He said the government maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards actions that undermine the humanitarian vision of Governor Namadi’s administration, adding that, “our commitment to standards remains unwavering.”
The affected individuals and entities includes Haruna Ladan Inv. and Property, and Musa A. Jibrin (Jahun LGA); Nura Yahaya (Taura LGA); Usman Umar Malam, Muhammad Suleiman, Musa Salisu Kafin, and Dauda Yusuf (Kafin Hausa LGA); Lurwanu Alhassan (Birnin Kudu LGA); Ashiru Kamisu, Shuaibu Muhammad, Muhammad Abdullahi, and Jafaru Magaji (Sule Tankarkar LGA).
Others are Sulaiman Shuaibu, Badamasi Umar, Danbaba Nasallah, Fatima Abdulaziz and Ibrahim Sulaiman (Hadejia LGA); Yusuf Wada (Jahun); Haruna Yau and Aisha Garba (Malam Madori); Babannan Baffa (Guri); and Amina Abdullahi (Gwaram).
“These individuals and entities have been dismissed for gross misconduct, mismanagement of public funds, and poor handling of the programme.
“We are already in the process of substituting these individuals with deserving contractors,” Sankara said.
He stressed that the government would not compromise on standards or allow any deviation from its policies, especially during the sacred month.
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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