The Gombe State Ministry of Education has dismissed allegations of underfeeding students at Government Girls Mega College, Doma, attributing complaints by some final-year students to disruptions caused by the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination timetable.
Some Senior Secondary School Three students sitting the ongoing examination had reportedly complained of missing meals and spending long hours without food during the examination period.
The students alleged that the examination schedule had prevented them from accessing meals at the usual times, leaving them hungry for extended periods.
Reacting to the allegations in a telephone interview with our correspondent, the Special Assistant on Media to the Gombe State Ministry of Education, Saidu Malala, insisted that there was no shortage of food in the school and that students were fed regularly.
According to him, the state government recently distributed food supplies to boarding schools across the state to ensure adequate feeding of students.
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