So, will Mr. Tinubu arrest this drift? I do not think so. The collapse of Nigeria did not come out of nowhere: it is the product of the consistent and determined greed and duplicity of our leaders since the civil war.
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The Coalition of Civil Society for Transparency and Accountability has given the Minister of Interior, Mr. Olabunmi Tunji-Ojo 48 hours to resign over his alleged involvement in the over N3 billion fraud in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The coalition issued the ultimatum in a statement signed by its convener, Comrade Kabir Matazu, and made available to journalists on Tuesday.
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has admitted that he is still a shareholder of New Planet Project Limited, a company that was a total amount of N438.1million by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under his suspended colleague, Betta Edu, for consultancy services. SaharaReporters had on Monday reported that a company, New Planet Project Limited, was one of the numerous consultants awarded contracts from the N3billion given out by the suspended minister for the National Social Register contract.
A company owned by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was paid a total amount of N438.1 million by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under Betta Edu for consultancy services, SaharaReporters has gathered. The company, New Planet Project Limited was one of the numerous consultants awarded contracts from N3 billion given out by the suspended minister for the National Social Register contract. The social register was created for cash transfers and other social investment programmes.