An Abuja based civil rights organisation, Empowerment for Unemployed Youths Initiative, has commented President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for acting decisively to address the alleged fraud and monumental corruption in the Ministry of Humanitarian and Poverty Alleviation.
This followed the suspension of the Minister, Dr. Betta Edu and and Hajia Halima Shehu, the National Coordinator, Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) for their alleged misappropriation of funds and other unwholesome infractions.
In a letter addressed to the President and Commander in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Bola Ahmed Tinubu by the National Coordinator, Comrade Danesi Momoh and Igwe Ude-Umanta, Director, Research and Programmes; the group praised President Tinubu for his courage and forthrightness but asked him to go a step further and sanction the Permanent Secretary of the ministry too.
“Mr. President, we are proud of your courageous and pragmatic approach to leadership. Your vision and mission for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation is well understood. It is to uplift the downtrodden citizens, the poorest of the poor by providing them with succour. Unfortunately, your intention is sabotaged by the people you graciously entrusted with that very important responsibility.
“While we welcome your swift action in suspending the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu and the Coordinator of National Social Investment Programme Agency, Hajia Halima Shehu, we also call on you to suspend and subject the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan for thorough probe.
“It is our contention that it is not possible for the Permanent Secretary to be unaware of the sleaze that happened in a Ministry where he is the Chief Accounting Officer and highest ranking civil servant,” the letter stated.
