Sokoto State Government did not spend N800 million to train Mu’azzims (prayer callers) of Juma’at Mosques.
A facebooker, Auwal Tambuwal, alleged that N870 million was spent in the training which the state government debunked as a tissue of lies.
The state’s Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Dr Jabir Sani Maihula wondered where he (Tambuwal) got his information from.
“He ought to have confirmed that from our ministry before ridiculing himself by posting a falsehood on the social media platform.
“How can we spend N870 million on training Mu’azzims? Only N17 million was spent.”
Maihula said they reached out to the facebooker and he apologized and retracted the posting.
He said the training was organized to teach the callers how best to perform their responsibility.
