President Bola Tinubu has suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu over the allegation of misappropriation of N585 million in palliative funds.
Edu has confronted extreme backlash from the general public following the revelation of a leaked memo directing Oluwatoyin Madein, the accountant-general of the federation, to switch N585 million to a non-public account.
The minister additionally granted funds for flight tickets and airport taxis for ministry workers travelling to Kogi, a state with out an airport.
In the meantime, Oluwatoyin Madein, accountant-general of the federation (AGF), says she didn’t perform the request of Betta Edu, minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation.
Madein stated no bulk cash “is meant to be made to a person’s account within the title of Mission Accountant”.
What the President stated
In accordance with the assertion by Ngelale, the President famous that has directed the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) to conduct a radical investigation into all facets of the monetary transaction involving Edu’s ministry.
Ngelale added that Tinubu’s choice was according to the President’s avowed dedication to uphold the best requirements of integrity, transparency, and accountability within the administration of the commonwealth of Nigerians.
- “The suspended Minister is hereby directed at hand over to the Everlasting Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and she or he is additional directed by the President to totally cooperate with the investigating authorities as they conduct their investigation.
- “Moreover, the President has tasked a panel that’s headed by the Coordinating Minister of the Financial system and Minister of Finance to, amongst different features, conduct a complete diagnostic on the monetary structure and framework of the social funding programmes to conclusively reform the related establishments and programmes in a decided bid to eradicate all institutional frailties for the unique advantage of deprived households and win again misplaced public confidence within the initiative.”
The directive is to take quick impact.
Backstory
In a viral doc signed by her and directed to the Workplace of the Accountant-Common of the Federation, Edu directed the disbursement of N585.189 million into one in every of Bridget Mojisola Oniyelu’s personal accounts.
The leaked doc revealed that the cash was paid into Oniyelu’s account.
The minister had, in an announcement on Friday by her Particular Assistant on Media and Publicity, Rasheed Zubair, stated the fee adopted due course of.
Zubair had defined that the cash was paid into Oniyelu’s account as a result of she at present serves because the venture accountant of Grants for Weak Teams.
He stated it’s authorized within the civil service for a workers member, to be paid, use the identical funds legally and retire identical with all receipts and proof after the venture or programme is accomplished.
In the meantime, Oluwatoyin Madein, accountant-general of the federation (AGF), says she didn’t perform the request of Betta Edu, minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation.
Madein stated no bulk cash “is meant to be made to a person’s account within the title of Mission Accountant”.
