August 29, (THEWILL) – The Anambra State Government has refuted a story circulating on social media that the sum of N41 billion is available for its collection from the Office of the Universal Basic Education Commission in Abuja for the development of basic education and junior secondary education in the state.
Speaking on behalf of the state government, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, C.Don Adinuba, in a statement signed by the Chairman of the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board, Patrick Ugboaja, dismissed the story as untrue.
Also, Ugboaja stressed that Anambra State had long accessed all the money accruing to it from UBEC up to 2018.
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Throwing more light on the subject, he said, ’’About a week ago, we saw a story on the social media claiming that there is the sum of N41 billion waiting for collection by Anambra State Government for the development of basic education, that is, primary education and the first three years of post-primary education.
“The report claimed that the state government had not been able to claim this money because it had yet to pay its counterpart funding for the construction and renovation of basic schools owned by the government and voluntary agencies, as well as for the furnishing of these schools and the training of the school teachers.
“We have all along ignored this story because the claim that a whole sum of N41 billion is due to any state in the Federation for basic education development is too wild for any critically thinking Nigerian to believe.
“However, the sensational story has now become a subject of commentary by politicians contesting the November 6 governorship election in the state. What is more, one or two well-meaning persons have called to find out the true situation.
“As already stated above, there is no N41B accruing to Anambra State in the office of the Universal Basic Education Commission in Abuja. Anambra State has long accessed all its monies from UBEC up to 2018. The monies are always paid in arrears. What is outstanding now is our monies for only 2019 and 2021, which total four billion four hundred million naira (N4.4BN). Efforts are being made to access the N4.4BN.’’