THE Federal Government has engaged operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) to monitor the distribution of its free textbooks to schools across the country for the Universal Basic Education (UBE).
This is in a bid to check the problem of diversion and fraud that had characterised the distribution chain of the FGN/UBEC free instructional materials for basic education institutions.
Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, on Monday, signed a deal with the leadership of SSS on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education for effective monitoring of the 2012 supply of the textbooks and other instructional materials to schools.
Speaking at the headquarters of the SSS in Abuja on Monday during a visit to the Director-General of SSS, Mr Ekpeyong Ita, the minister stated that the direct involvement of security agencies at the highest level of command became necessary because of the illegal actions of officials of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB) found to be diverting the books meant for underprivileged Nigerian children.
Under the partnership, operatives of SSS in the 36 state commands and Abuja would participate in the distribution of the free textbooks meant for the 774 local government areas from the time of handing over of the textbooks and resource materials to the states by officials of the Federal Ministry of Education and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) officials.
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