In Madagascar, acts of embezzlement and favoritism within the Ministry of National Education have been revealed. Nearly one billion 280 million ariary or about 283,000 euros were embezzled during the year 2018. The independent anti-corruption office was contacted to conduct the investigation. On Wednesday, 22 people were referred to the judges of the anti-corruption pole.
with our correspondent in Antananarivo, Like Laetitia
Six people, including the former director of pre-school education and literacy, the former head of public procurement, the head of the school canteen and the ministry’s chief auditor were detained. by the judges.
They are suspected of embezzlement, complicity in embezzlement, use of counterfeiting and favoring a market for vegetable supplies for the canteens of 86 public primary schools located in three regions of the country: Analamanga, the capital, Vakinankaratra in the center and Atsinanana in the east of the island. Two fictitious deliveries of goods in the order of 70,000 euros and another of 213,000 euros were uncovered during the investigation by the independent office against corruption.
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A scandal of embezzlement that again tarnishes the image of the Ministry of Education. In June last year, a case of candy purchase for an amount of 8 billion ariary or almost 1.8 million euros cost the minister her place.
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