The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu may have made good her threat to expose others who played role in the disbursement of the money from her ministry if the memo currently in circulation genuinely emanated from the Office of Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila.
The meno titled Conveyance of Approval: Re: Appeal to use N3bn from the COVID-19 Palliative Fund for verification of the National Social Register with reference number SH/COS/145/A/220 dated September 18, 2023 stated as follow:
“Please be informed that Mr. President has approved the expenditure of N3bn from the COVID-19 Palliative Fund for verification of the National Social Register.”
Edu had threatened to expose people in the Presidency who received money from her ministry if they continue to treat her as an outsider.
According to a source, Edu claimed that Tinubu’s Minister, Tunji Ojo got N438.1m from the N3bn Social Register Contract, while others are spread to unregistered and unknown companies.
The source stated that, “New Planet Project Limited, a company owned and operated by the Minister for Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, with registration number 804833, registered on March 3, 2009, got a contract for N438.1million as a consultant for the National Social Register contract to verify 11million homes in Nigeria, carried out in one month.”
