Governor Yusuf dismisses the N6 billion claim as “media speculations”, even though his commissioner provided the figure in a newspaper interview
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Governor Yusuf made the clarification in the face of a public backlash against the programme over the huge expenditure and the poor quality of the meals being served under it. “Over the past few days, I’ve observed heightened media speculations about our government purportedly budgeting the sum of six billion naira for the Ramadan Feeding Programme.
The commissioner, Mr Dantiye, who is the state government’s principal spokesperson, had in the interview with LEADERSHIP Newspaper said the government budgeted N6 billion for feeding the less-privileged across the state during the Ramadan period. “In each centre, we have three women who cook and three men who provide security so that people don’t tamper with the food or cause stampedes.
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