The presidency has dominated out the opportunity of the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Catastrophe Administration, Betta Edu, returning to Tinubu’s cupboard, stating that she is gone.
This was confirmed by President Bola Tinubu’s Particular Adviser on Info and Technique, Bayo Onanuga, in an interview on Sunday in Abuja.
Onanuga stated that following her suspension in January, one other individual has changed her within the cupboard.
He added that the federal government has no intention of bringing her again to function a minister within the president’s cupboard.
“I feel there may be one other individual from Cross River within the cupboard. Betta is gone. She was suspended in January and that is October. She is gone.
“Her place has been taken over by any person else. There may be one other man from Plateau State who’s going there now. So far as this authorities is anxious, there is no such thing as a extra place for her in that cupboard,” Onanuga stated.
On whether or not the anti-graft company, EFCC, has indicted Edu for any crime, Onanuga stated the fee has not made something public but.
He, nevertheless, hinted that the president’s choice to not recall her suggests the company might have supplied him with particulars that justified his stance.
“The EFCC has not shared no matter they’ve with us. However in case you go by what the president has completed, it confirmed that possibly the EFCC has submitted one thing that really justifies that suspension.
“When you comply with what the president has completed, it means EFCC has revealed one thing that fashioned the idea of the president’s motion,” Onanuga stated.
Nairametrics beforehand reported in January that President Tinubu suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, over allegations of misappropriating N585 million in palliative funds.
The investigation remains to be ongoing, with no prices filed towards the previous minister, elevating questions on whether or not the president would possibly rethink her return to the cupboard.
