Group alleges diversion of FG’s textbooks

National coordinator of the group, Mr. Dickson Itodo, who stated this in Abuja, called for proper investigation of the matter.Itodo said government should institute a probe to unravel why the UBEC Instructional Material Fund meant for equipping public schools with science equipment was diverted to the supply of free textbooks. He said findings by the […]

National coordinator of the group, Mr. Dickson Itodo, who stated this in Abuja, called for proper investigation of the matter.
Itodo said government should institute a probe to unravel why the UBEC Instructional Material Fund meant for equipping public schools with science equipment was diverted to the supply of free textbooks.
He said findings by the ERI, have revealed that over N30 billion has been spent by government through UBEC on the supply of free textbooks to schools in the last three years.
He said that the amount would have been enough to equip many public schools with science equipment that could last for several years.
The coordinator therefore called on the federal government to suspend the programme as, according to him, the expenditure on the programme is a waste of public funds.
He said: “This waste of public funds should not have happened in the first place. It should not have been allowed to go on for so long with over N30 billion down the drain.”a