Humanitarian Scandal: EFCC Quizzes AGF as Gbajabiamila Caught Approving N3bn for Social Register Verification
The scandal rocking the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has actually taken a brand-new turn as the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has actually been declared to have actually authorized the suspended Minister, Betta Edu, to eliminate 3 billion naira from the COVID-19 Palliative Fund for the confirmation of the National Social Register.
According to a dripped memo seen by Economic Confidentialthe Minister had actually asked for approval, which the Chief of Staff given on behalf of President Bola Tinubu.
The dripped memo with recommendation number SH/COS/145/ A/220 and outdated 18th of September, 2023, was a reply to the Minister which was entitled: “Conveyance of Approval; Re: Appeal to Use 3,000,000,000.00 (Three Billion Naira) from the COVID-19 Palliative Fund for the Verification of the National Social Register.”
In the memo, Gbajabiamila particularly asked the Minister to continue with the deal, despite the fact that the Economic Confidential might not verify if there was a composed approval from President Tinubu.
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In current weeks, the suspended Minister has actually remained in the news for looking for to move 585 million naira implied for circulation to susceptible Nigerians into a personal account. She raised a memo asking for the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation to send out the stated total up to the personal account of one Oniyelu Bridget to prosecute the Ministry’s required in some states.
She was, for that reason, suspended by President Tinubu and turned over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for examination.
Economic cOnfidential collected that the Accountant General of the Federation, Dr. Oluwatoyin Madein, was quizzed by the EFCC on Monday night worrying the 585 million naira scandal and associated matters.
Although the AGF had actually disowned the Minister in a press declaration and stated she didn’t perform the ‘unlawful’ demand, the Commission thinks that specific cash were moved to some personal accounts.
On the condition of privacy, a leading source at the anti-corruption company informed the Economic Confidential that the AGF needed to be welcomed to clear specific loose ends in the deal.
While the AGF, according to the source, is assisting the EFCC with valuable details, the Commission thinks that comparable suspicious deals might have been going on in the past through some designated banks without public understanding.
The source stated the Commission will continue to question the concerns beyond the surface area to tidy up the whole Ministry and bring everybody associated with any misbehavior to book.