Rancor as Betta Edu was denied access to Presidential Villa

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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, was suspended by President Bola Tinubu on Monday, January 8, due to a rumored N585 million controversy within the ministry.

A video that was uploaded on TVC’s official X page showed the suspended minister leaving the Villa a few hours after she was suspended because she was unable to visit President Tinubu.

Edu’s scandal started when she signed a document requesting funds to be transferred to Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola’s personal account. The document was sent to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

Reacting to the development, the spokesperson to the president, Ajuri Ngelale, who was interviewed on the media, said the move was to allow for transparency and accountability on the directive given to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by Tinubu.

Ngelale said:

“It was in the wisdom of the president to inaugurate an investigative panel that will be tasked with conducting a comprehensive investigation of the financial framework of the social investment programme to ensure that we put in place fireworks that will really enhance the integrity of those programmes and ensure that the participants of the population of our country that are intended to benefit from those programmes are the exclusive beneficiaries of those programmes.”

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