The Secretary to the Niger state government, Alhaji Ahmed Ibrahim has confirmed that a Councillor in Katcha local government area has disappeared with palliative grains meant for vulnerable households in his ward.
Ahmed who is also the Chairman of the Niger state COVID-19 taskforce, described as the incident as unfortunate.
He said the Councillor who was part of the committee set up for the distribution of the grains for his community disappeared after given 30 bags of palliative grains for his ward.
Councillor Dissapears With Palliative In Niger
Ahmed expressed disappointment lamented that the people of the constituency would have to suffer because of the greediness of their leader.
According to him, ten bags each of rice, maize, and Millet was allocated to the 274 wards across the 25 Local Government Areas of the State by the State government to be shared by committees set up by the local government council.
The SSG further said that security agents are currently on the trail of the Councillor and he would be prosecuted once he is caught.
