President Bola Tinubu has supended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from workplace with rapid impact.
A press release launched by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelali, says the President additional directs the Government Chairman of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) to conduct an intensive investigation into all elements of the monetary transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, in addition to a number of companies thereunder.
‘’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 Economic system and Minister of Finance to, amongst different capabilities, conduct a complete diagnostic on the monetary structure and framework of the social funding programmes with a view to conclusively reforming 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 Minister has been accused of granting approval for the disbursement of N585,198,500.00 into a private account.
In a letter allegedly signed by the humanitarian minister, Betta is alleged to have instructed the Accountant Basic of the Federation (AGF), Oluwatoyin Madein, to switch the sum to the account of 1 Oniyelu Bridget as grant for susceptible teams in 4 states. Nevertheless, Madein defined that though her workplace obtained a request from the humanitarian ministry to make sure funds, her workplace didn’t act on it.
Edu, 37, the youngest minister within the President’s cupboard, subsequently stated there have been plans to tarnish her picture and confused that she’s going to by no means be concerned within the embezzlement of public funds.