The Minister of Inside, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has clarified his alleged involvement in an alleged N438.1 million consultancy contract between New Planet Undertaking Restricted and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation below the suspended Minister, Betta Edu.
Recall that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu suspended Edu over corruption allegations on Monday.
Shortly after Edu’s suspension, stories emerged that the Minister paid an organization owned by the Minister of Inside a complete quantity of N438.1 million for consultancy providers.
“The corporate, New Planet Undertaking Restricted, was one of many quite a few consultants awarded contracts from N3bn given out by the suspended Minister for the Nationwide Social Register contract,” the report acknowledged.
Reacting, Tunji-Ojo, whereas showing on Channels TV Politics At present on Monday evening, stated that he based the corporate ten years in the past however resigned from directorship in 2019 when he contested for the Home of Representatives.
The Minister, who described the report as stunning, stated he was not concerned within the day-to-day working of New Planet Undertaking Restricted.
He stated, “I’ve to say this: I noticed it and was shocked as a result of the corporate in query was the place I used to be the director. About 5 years in the past, I resigned my directorship.
“Sure, I based the corporate ten years in the past. In 2019, after I obtained to the Home of Representatives, I received the election exactly, and I resigned. I resigned on 4th February, 2019, with a Licensed True Copy of Company Affairs Fee way back to 2019 to show this.”
Arogidigba World Journal stories that Edu has been below the storm previously three days over a leaked memo dated twentieth December, 2023, instructing the Federation’s Accountant Normal to pay cash meant for susceptible teams into a personal account.