BREAKING: Nigerian Students, NANS Declares Massive Protests Against Emergency Agency NEMA Over Diversion Of 42,000 Metric Tons Of Food Items

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NANS, which made the announcement successful a connection issued connected Wednesday and signed by its Deputy Senate President, Huzaifa Sabo Usman, said that the protestation is aimed astatine drafting nationwide attraction to the alleged misappropriation of 42,000 metric tons of nutrient grains intended for the mediocre and susceptible Nigerians by NEMA.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has announced a large protestation to beryllium held wrong the adjacent 72 hours against alleged fraudulent diversion of nutrient commodities meant for Nigerians by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). 
NANS, which made the announcement successful a connection issued connected Wednesday and signed by its Deputy Senate President, Huzaifa Sabo Usman, said that the protestation is aimed astatine drafting nationwide attraction to the alleged misappropriation of 42,000 metric tons of nutrient grains intended for the mediocre and susceptible Nigerians by NEMA.
According to Usman, connected August 14, 2024, NANS submitted a Freedom of Information petition to NEMA titled "Alleged Diversion of 42,000 Metric Tons of Grains".
But “In spite of NANS efforts to get to the bottommost of the substance based connected a ailment received crossed the States of the federation, determination has been nary satisfactory mentation regarding the whereabouts of the nutrient supplies, which investigative reports and corroborations from respective authorities governors corroborate did not scope the intended recipients.
“The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, done missive notation FMA/SGR/S/971/11/115 dated June 27, 2024, confirmed that the 42,000 metric tons of assorted nutrient grains were released to NEMA arsenic per the President's directive. 
“However, grounds suggests that NEMA staff, successful collusion with corrupt authorities authorities officials, person diverted these grains for idiosyncratic aggrandizement, depriving countless Nigerians of indispensable nutrient supplies,” Usman stated.
He said “The standard of this diversion suggests a heavy seated corruption involving NEMA's Director General and her absorption team. 
“This ungraded mirrors erstwhile cases of mismanagement that led to important civilian unrest, including the nationwide End Bad Governance protests.
“In airy of these superior allegations, NANS demands an contiguous and transparent accounting of however the 42,000 metric tons of nutrient grains were distributed.” 
Giving NEMA 72 hours ultimatum, Usman said, “If NEMA fails to supply a satisfactory effect wrong 72 moving hours, NANS volition proceed with a monolithic protestation astatine the NEMA office to clasp those liable accountable.
“NANS calls connected each students and the wide nationalist to enactment this origin and articulation america successful our combat for justness and transparency.”

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