The Gombe state ministry of education has announced that it has set up a committee to investigate the alleged lack of sufficient food and feeding at Government Science Secondary School (GSSS). This comes after hundreds of students of GSSS, one of the oldest boarding secondary schools in the state, on Monday, June 7, protested the lack of sufficient food and feeding at the school.

During the protest, students carrying placards and fresh leaves were seen trekking from the school premises at Jekadafari in the metropolis to the state’s Ministry of Education, around the Government Reserved Area (GRA), to air their grievances. The students cited the snatching of phones by security officers and the diversion of meals meant for students as part of the reasons for the protest.

The Gombe state Information Officer (IO) of the Ministry of Education, Saidu Bappah Malala, who spoke o newsmen said that the committee set up by the ministry was given three days to submit a report of its findings to the commissioner.