Maria DB and VB.net executing a stored procedure gives an error

  cannot be found in database '`Employee`'. Verify that user 'root'@'localhost' has enough privileges to execute.       

conn.ConnectionString = strConnString
            conn.Open()

            Dim cmd As New MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand
            Dim cmd1 As New MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlCommand

            cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            cmd.CommandText = "GetAllEmployees"
            cmd.Connection = conn
            cmd1.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
            cmd1.CommandText = "GetEmployeeCount"
            cmd1.Connection = conn


            Dim ds As New DataSet

            Dim da As New MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlDataAdapter(cmd)


            da.Fill(ds)
            GridView1.DataSource = ds
            GridView1.DataBind()

            lblCount.Text = cmd1.ExecuteScalar

            conn.Close()