Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the minister of Inside, has refuted allegations of his involvement with New Planet Challenge Restricted, an organization that secured a consultancy contract from the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
Talking on Channels Tv’s Politics Immediately on Monday night, Tunji-Ojo clarified that he resigned as a director of the corporate almost 5 years in the past, on February 1, 2019, properly earlier than his appointment because the Minister of Inside by President Bola Tinubu.
“Nearly 5 years in the past I resigned as director of the corporate, so I’m not a director. I resigned on 1st of February, 2019, you may go to the again,” he stated.
Whereas admitting to founding the corporate alongside his spouse, the minister stated his resignation from the agency was as a consequence of his political ambition.
The corporate, registered in 2009, predates his tenure as a Home of Representatives member for Akoko North-East/Akoko North-West federal constituency in Ondo state from 2019 to 2023.
The minister’s title surfaced within the disaster involving the suspended minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, who confronted scrutiny over leaked paperwork suggesting questionable monetary requests and approvals.
She made an “unlawful request” to switch N858 millionN858 million to a non-public checking account and accepted flight fares for her ministry workers to Kogi state which has no airport.
Edu defended her actions, citing due course of, however Oluwatoyin Madein, the accountant-general of the federation, acknowledged that such fund transfers to non-public accounts had been unacceptable.
The controversy unfolded after the suspension of Halima Shehu, the CEO of the Nationwide Social Funding Programme Company (NSIPA), by President Bola Tinubu. Edu claimed the leaked paperwork had been geared toward blackmailing her for exposing corruption inside NSIPA.
