Madagascar’s president Andry Rajoelina has fired the country’s minister of education Rijasoa Andriamanana over plans to order more than $2m (£1.6m) worth of sweets for schoolchildren.
According to BBC News Rijasoa said pupils would be given three lollipops each to mask the “bitter” aftertaste of the country’s herbal remedy for coronavirus.
The plan was called off after president Rajoelina’s objections
Although, the World Health Organization has warned that no proven cure exists for the novel coronavirus, several African countries including Nigeria have imported the herbal remedy known as Covid-Organics
Madagascar has recorded nearly 1,000 cases of coronavirus along with seven virus-related deaths.
