The Minister of Education in Madagascar has been fired for budgeting $2.2m to buy sweets for schoolchildren in the country.
Rijasoa Andriamanana was accused of attempted embezzlement after she explained that pupils would be given three lollipops each to take after they drink the “bitter” COVID-Organics concoction. She said it will help mask the “bitter” aftertaste of the herbal remedy for Coronavirus.
Sadly for her, the plan was halted after Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina kicked against it and accused her of planning to embezzle funds in her ministry.
A statement annoucing the minister’s dismissal also confirmed her counterpart in the higher education ministry, Elia Béatrice as the acting Minister of Education.
