A director and cashier in the Office of the Secretary to the Katsina state Government Alhaji Muhammed Inuwa have been arrested by the police in connection with the disappearance of N16 m from the office .

Sources said police picked up the duo after it was discovered that the office had been burgled by unknown persons who allegedly carting away the money at the weekend .

The office is located within the state secretariat complex at Dandagoro , Katsina .
The sources also revealed that the stolen money was part of the fund set aside for the May and June , 2019 allowances of the graduates engaged by the state government to teach in public schools under the S-Power Scheme .

The payment was supposed to commence on Monday , it was learnt .
All efforts made by our correspondent to reach spokesman for the police in the state, SP Gambo Isah , for comments were unsuccessful.

He neither answered our correspondent ’ s calls nor replied to his text message sent to him over the incident .

The Director of Media in the SSG ’ s office, Abdullahi Yaardua , also failed to reply to the text message sent to him over the matter .

He also failed to return our correspondent ’ s calls to his mobile phone.

Source:- Punchng

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