Jigawa commissioner under fire over post of beneficiary of government's feeding programme
Nigeria, April 8 -- The Jigawa State Commissioner for Special Duties, Auwal Sankara, came under a storm of criticism on Facebook on Monday for posting the picture of a man at a centre of the state government's public feeding programme.
The programme, coordinated by the Ministry of Special Duties, provides free meals at designated centres for less-privileged Muslims observing the month-long sunrise-to-sunset Ramadan fast.
Mr Sankara had posted the photo of an unnamed man who appears to be well known to many of the commentators as a well-to-do person who suffered a reversal of fortune and is now economically vulnerable.
Several Facebook users reacting to the post described it as an insult by Mr Sankara for projecting the feeding programm...
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