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A recent news publication on one blog named TrustPosts claimed that the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) said Nigeria Humanitarian Minister, Sadiya Farouq, who is in charge of the N-Power scheme will be arrested. AllNews fact-checks this claim.
Without tergiversating, the headline of the story is completely misleading and false.
In their story, the said blog only reported the recent revelation by Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman of ICPC that N2.67bn meant for the school feeding programme ended up in private accounts.
There is NOTHING that concretely suggests or affirms that Farouq is "to be arrested".
As the Nigerian Government keeps on with the N-Power programme, Sadiya Farouq, the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development has dissociated herself from a trending report that N2.72 billion meant for school-feeding during the COVID-19 lockdown was diverted to private accounts.
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In a statement on Monday by Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the Special Assistant on Media to Farouq, the Zamfara-born politician exonerated her ministry.
AllNews recalls that Prof. Owasanoye, the ICPC Chief had said on Monday that fraudulent payments were made to some federal colleges. Read the full gist here.
ICPC Clarifies Chairman's Speech on N2.7Billion School Feeding Diverted
The attention of ICPC has been drawn to some reports making the rounds on a segment of the speech delivered by the ICPC Chairman, Professor Bolaji Owasanoye, ...— ICPC Nigeria (@ICPC_PE) September 29, 2020
... yesterday, Monday, 28th September 2020 at its 2nd National Submit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector. The said reports erroneously implied that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs diverted monies meant for Home-Grown School Feeding Programme.
— ICPC Nigeria (@ICPC_PE) September 29, 2020
In the speech, Prof. Owasanoye stated inter alia, ‘’... we discovered payments to some federal colleges (secondary schools) for school feeding in the sum of N2.67b during the lockdown when the children were not in school, and some of the money ended up in personal accounts.
— ICPC Nigeria (@ICPC_PE) September 29, 2020
We have commenced investigations into these findings’’.
— ICPC Nigeria (@ICPC_PE) September 29, 2020
The Commission wishes to clarify that the “school feeding” referred to by the Chairman of ICPC was the feeding of boarding students in Federal Government Colleges, who were all at home during the COVID-19 lockdown.
This is NOT the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme being managed by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development.
— ICPC Nigeria (@ICPC_PE) September 29, 2020
The Commission had discovered through its review of publications on the Open Treasury Portal that statutory monthly allocations meant for the feeding of secondary school students of SOME Federal Government Colleges were diverted into personal accounts.
— ICPC Nigeria (@ICPC_PE) September 29, 2020
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