Nigeria, March 24 -- The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has disagreed with his official over the cost of the state government's public feeding programme during the Islamic month of Ramadan.

Mr Yusuf said he approved just over N1.1 billion for the programme and not N6 billion as claimed by his Commissioner for Information and Home Affairs, Halilu Dantiye.

Governor Yusuf made the clarification in the face of a public backlash against the programme over the huge expenditure and the poor quality of the meals being served under it.

Under the programme, the state government is providing meals at centres across the state for less-privileged Muslims observing the month-long sunrise-to-sunset Ramadan fast.

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