The previous minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Catastrophe Administration, and Social Growth, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, is predicted to seem earlier than the Financial and Monetary Crime Fee, EFCC, operatives on Wednesday (in the present day) for questioning over alleged N37.1 billion fraud.
The event comes as EFCC arrested the Nationwide Social Funding Programme Company, Halima Shehu, on Tuesday, over alleged N37.1 billion fraud perpetuated in collaboration with the previous minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk.
Arogidigba World Journal stories that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu authorized the suspension of Halima Shehu on Tuesday.
Giving insights into the arrest, an official of the EFCC who spoke beneath anonymity, mentioned Shehu Shehu was indicted in regards to the alleged 37.1bn fraud as the previous Nationwide Coordinator of the Conditional Money Switch Programme beneath the Ministry, then supervised by Sadiya Umar-Farouq.
Arogidigba World Journal had reported eight days in the past that EFCC summoned a contractor, James Okwete, over alleged fraud in the course of the minister’s tenure in workplace.