By Harris-Okon Emmanuel
UYO—Vendors engaged by the Federal Government to feed pupils under the school feeding programme in Akwa Ibom State have written to the Presidency, alleging that they were being short-changed.
The women, on the platform of Akwa Ibom Food Vendor Coalition, AIFC, alleged that they were paid between N170,000 and N200,000 for the feeding of the pupils in October last year after the commencement of the scheme in the state, but to their surprise the money was slashed to between N29,000 and N30,000.
In a petition to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, copied the zonal chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Akwa Ibom State, the women accused the management of a new generation bank in Uyo and Akwa Ibom State Social Investment Focal person, Mr. Ita Okon, of conniving to short-change them.
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