Trouble brews in Niger LGs as probe of palliatives diversion kicks- off
Trouble appears to brewing in some local government areas of Niger state over the way and manner government palliatives was shared among citizens.
First to commence action to probe the activities is the Chanchaga Local Government Area in the state capital, Minna.
It was gathered that the council has begun investigation into the disappearance of some quantity of food items designed as palliatives to the Limawa community in Minna.
The local government security committee was assigned with the task of unraveling how some of the goods disappeared after being presented at the headquarters of the Limawa ward.
Part of the assignment of the security committee is also to find out under what law a member of the task force operated to dish out part of the palliatives to members of the distribution committee.
It was further gathered that apart from one bag of rice given out to each of the 9- member distribution committee, not less than 13 bags of rice, 14 bags of millet and 15 bags of maize in addition to several cartons of spagethetti disappeared from the consignment initially brought to the ward for distribution.
Our source revealed that the bubble burst when the vice chairman of the local government who incidentally is from the community discovered some of the items in the market displayed for sale.
The vice chairman raised the alarm to the chairman of the local government council who apart from asking for the issue to be investigated reported the matter to both Governor Abubakar Sanni -Bello and the state chairman of the COVID-19 task force because it was alleged that a member of the task force was involved in the illegality.
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The state government it will be recalled gave the Limawa ward in Chanchaga Local Government Area following the discovery of a coronavirus positive case in the area.
As a result, the government isolated the almost 500- man strong community and also gave the area special preference in the distribution of palliatives.
When contacted, the chairman of the ocal government council, Alhaji Ibrahim Bosso confirmed the story and the setting up of a committee to investigate the matter.
Bosso said the committee will submit its report today.
