Nagaland Financial Irregularities
Dimapur, Dec. 10 (EMN): The Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) has announced that the group’s attempt at persuading an ‘investigating agency’ to probe mismanagement of ‘public fund’ by state government employees would ‘materialise during the first quarter of 2018’.
A press release from the NPRAAF on Sunday expressed confidence at the prospect of said probe because of what it stated was a colossal compilation of corroborated material evidences. “It is collecting more material evidences and meticulously preparing to nail the faulting departments and some retired and serving state government officials involved in mismanagement of public fund.
“NPRAAF members had in the past received threats for taking up corrupt issues in the government. The issue which NPRAAF is taking up is highly sensitive in nature concerning several departments and in this regard solicits strong support and cooperation from the public. At all cost, NPRAAF will endeavour to bring the issues it is taking up to logical conclusion,” it asserted.
The NPRAAF also informed that the department of School Education was distributing sweaters, socks and tiffin-boxes to some schools in Dimapur and Kohima since last week – in the aftermath of the forum’s announcement in the newspapers on Nov. 20 that the state government had released INR 14.59 cr. to the department to cover the cost of providing winter clothes to students of elementary section in government schools.
“NPRAAF appreciates the School Education department for implementing the project and at the same time urges upon it to strictly adhere to the set guidelines for distribution of winter clothing to the students. NPRAAF also appeals the tribal students’ bodies and their units to see to it that all elementary students within their respective jurisdictions receive their due share,” it stated.
