Jigawa Education ministry denies N2.5b fraud

The Permanent Secretary, Jigawa State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Alhaji Abdullahi Hudu, at the weekend debunked that a fraud of N2.5billion occurred in the ministry.

Hudu, who spoke in Dutse, the state capital, when fielding questions from reporters, said the allegation of the loot of N2.5billion through three non- existing senior secondary schools was not true, adding that it was a mischief to dent the ministry’s image and that of the ex-government.

His words: “This is a lie. It is baseless and an attempt by the mischief makers to mislead the present administration and the people. They will not succeed.

“A Ministry of Education official under my humble self saw the governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar. We briefed him on the ministry. The governor asked us to forward the ministry’s problems to him.”

The permanent secretary said at present, there are over 90,000 pupils in public schools “and out of this number, over 50,000 are males.”

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