The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu has 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.
According to the source, “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.”
Other beneficiaries are an Accounting Firm called Fabunmi Olanipeku & Co which got N419.5million with registration Nos: 2524198, registered in July 31, 2017.
“Vintsolve Global Consult, with no record of registration and ownership, got N558.8million.
“Blue Trend Enterprise-N277.8million. Blue trend, has no record of being registered and the owner is unknown.
“Periscope Consulting-N277million. Periscope Consulting, with registration number 1053019, registered on July 24, 2012, is owned by one Ngozi Maureen Ojiego, known for Interior Decoration.
Laitop Dynamics Interlink Services Ltd-N277million. Laitop with registration number 1340092, is owned by one Quburat Bolanle Bolanta. It was registered on June 6, 2016.
“Memak Nigeria Limited with no known ownership and date of registration got N277million.
“MC Van Management Consult Limited with no records of registration also got N275.8million contract.
“Danzinger Nigeria Limited with registration number 635448, registered on Sep 23, 2005, got N275.8million. Danzinger is owned by one Oladapo Rotimi Mohammed.”
However, respondents opined that her threat to expose others amounts to acceptance of guilt and cannot exonerate her from punishment if found guilty.
They dismissed the threat as an afterthought of a drowning person.
“Why is she telling us now that she gave money to anyone through a process she knew to be illegal.
Is it right for her to share money in a way she knew to be illegal and corrupt. Does she not know that both the giver and the taker iany form of illegal conspiracy are equally culpable?
“The only purpose her revelations will serve, if they are true, is to let Nigerians know their true enemies.”
