Betta Edu: Perm Sec assumes leadership in Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation

Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, assumed leadership of the Ministry’s operations when Minister Betta Edu was suspended.

President Bola Tinubu, who banned Edu on Monday due to her suspected involvement in a N585 million scam, issued the direction that this development is in accordance with.

It has been alleged that the minister transferred public monies into personal accounts.

After receiving a letter on Monday night from the Secretary’s office to the Government of the Federation, it was learned that Enitan had taken over as the Ministry’s leader.

The suspended minister was instructed to “hand over to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation” by Tinubu, acting through his Special Advisor for Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, it was remembered.

The President has additionally ordered her to provide complete cooperation to the investigating authorities throughout their investigation.

Furthermore, among other things, the President has charged a commission led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and the Minister of Finance with performing a thorough diagnostic on the financial architecture and framework of the social investment programs.

“With the objective of comprehensively restructuring the pertinent establishments and initiatives in an unwavering attempt to eradicate any institutional weaknesses solely for the advantage of underprivileged households and restore the public’s lost trust in the project,” Ngelale had stated in a press release.