{"id":68186,"date":"2024-01-08T01:45:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T01:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=68186"},"modified":"2024-01-08T01:45:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T01:45:44","slug":"tinubu-orders-probe-pdp-demands-sack-of-humanitarian-affairs-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=68186","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu orders probe, PDP demands sack of Humanitarian Affairs Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Bola Tinubu has ordered a probe into reports of alleged payment of funds in private accounts by the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thinks differently. It wants the Minister, Ms. Beta Edu, sacked over allegations of financial malfeasance.<\/span><\/p>\n

The party said it was demanding the sack of the embattled Minister over the alleged looting of N44 billion National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) fund, including the N585.2 million audaciously diverted by her to a private account.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tinubu\u2019s\u00a0directive for a probe was disclosed in a statement by Mohammed Idris,\u00a0Minister of Information and National Orientation.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said the President directed that a thorough and comprehensive investigation be conducted to ascertain the accuracy and validity of the reported details adding that the Ministry of Information and National Orientation acknowledges the concerns raised by the public regarding the alleged payment of funds into a private account by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the PDP said the exposed fraud in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs is just a tip of the iceberg of the unprecedented treasury looting, unbridled stealing and plundering of resources going on in the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration which has practically brought the nation\u2019s economy to its knees.<\/span><\/p>\n

The party\u2019s Spokesman said, \u201cIs it not tragic and heartbreaking that a Minister entrusted with public funds to support millions of poor Nigerians who have been impoverished by the APC, turned around to divert hundreds of millions of naira meant for the wellbeing of the poor?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe continuing stay of the Betta Edu as Minister is therefore provocative and amounts to stealing from a people and daring them to do their worst. It further confirms our Party\u2019s position that the Tinubu-led APC government is a cesspit of corruption; a haven for thieves and treasury looters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNigerians were shocked by reports of how Betta Edu and the suspended National Coordinator of NSIPA, Halima Shehu allegedly engaged in brazen looting of billions of Naira while Nigerians who the funds are meant for are deprived and abandoned to excruciating hardship and misery.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEqually disheartening is the reports of how Betta Edu allegedly directed the transfer of the N585.2 million NSIPA money into the private account of one of her fronts in clear violation of Chapter 7, Section 713 of Nigeria\u2019s Financial Regulations, 2009 which expressly prohibits the payment of public money into a private account.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor emphasis, Section 713 of Nigeria\u2019s Financial Regulations, 2009 provides that \u201cPersonal money shall in no circumstances be paid into a government bank account, nor shall any public money be paid into a private bank account. An officer who pays public money into a private account is deemed to have done so with a fraudulent intention\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe apparent fraudulent intention by Betta Edu in diverting public funds into a private account; an action which was appropriately declared illegal by the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, is consistent with APC\u2019s character and proclivity for plundering of public resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe lack of remorse by the Minister especially in her lame attempt to justify the illegal diversion of funds meant for poor Nigerians is also consistent with the insensitivity, heartlessness, impunity and criminal audacity inherent in the APC administration.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA very disturbing information in the public domain indicates that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs is allegedly working with two prominent APC officials in the Presidency and the National Assembly, who are alleged to be using Ministers and other officials of government to divert billions of naira to personal accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAdditional information reveals that there are moves to use the suspended National Coordinator of NSIPA, Halima Shehu as a scapegoat so as to sweep the involvement of the Minister and the said APC leaders under the carpet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Nigerians demand of President Tinubu at the moment is to demonstrate commitment to the fight against corruption by immediately sacking Betta Edu, hand her over for investigation, prosecution and take steps to recover the stolen N44 billion and channel the fund recovered towards the wellbeing of Nigerians.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe PDP also demands that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) immediately invite Betta Edu for questioning and take further steps to commence a system-wide investigation into the alleged large-scale corruption and treasury looting pervading in Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) under the APC administration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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President Bola Tinubu has ordered a probe into reports of alleged payment of funds in private accounts by the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry. But the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thinks differently. It wants the Minister, Ms. Beta Edu, sacked over allegations of financial malfeasance. The party said it was demanding the sack of the embattled […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":64322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6444,334,56],"class_list":["post-68186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-edu","tag-pdp","tag-tinubu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}