Madagascar Education Minister Sacked for Plan to Buy $2.2m Sweets

Madagascar’s education minister has been sacked after a plan to order $2.2m (£1.7m) worth of sweets to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of the Covid-Organics was revealed.

Rijasoa Andriamanana said last week she was ordering the sweets for children to take to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of the Covid-Organics, according to AFP news agency.

Covid-Organics is a plant-based tonic being promoted by the government as a cure for Covid-19.

Each student in the country was expected to get three sweets, according to AFP.

Local media say the minister called off the plan after President Andry Rajoelina objected.

The minister’s sacking was announced on Thursday in a statement that said her counterpart in the higher education ministry, Elia Béatrice Assoumacou, would take over in an acting capacity.

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Uzonna Anele
Uzonna Anele
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.

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