{"id":6698,"date":"2024-01-08T14:39:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2024-01-08T14:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:40:00","slug":"breaking-tinubu-suspends-humanitarian-minister-betta-edu-issues-directives-to-efcc-and-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonraynews.com\/?p=6698","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tinubu Suspends Humanitarian Minister Betta Edu, Issues Directives To EFCC And Finance Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>President Tinubu has ordered the immediate suspension of the Minister of&nbsp;&nbsp;Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu and has given the following orders to the EFCC and the Minister of Finance as contained in the press release below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIn line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability in the management of the commonwealth of Nigerians, President Bola Tinubu suspends the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, from office with immediate effect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe President further directs the Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions involving the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as one or more agencies thereunder.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe suspended Minister is hereby directed to hand over to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and she is further directed by the President to fully cooperate with the investigating authorities as they conduct their investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cFurthermore, the President has tasked a panel that is headed by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance to, among other functions, conduct a comprehensive diagnostic on the financial architecture and framework of the social investment programmes with a view to conclusively reforming the relevant institutions and programmes in a determined bid to eliminate all institutional frailties for the exclusive benefit of disadvantaged households and win back lost public confidence in the initiative.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThese directives of the President take immediate effect.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cChief Ajuri Ngelale<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Special Adviser to the President<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Media &amp; Publicity)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>January 8, 2024\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Tinubu has ordered the immediate suspension of the Minister of&nbsp;&nbsp;Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu and has given the following orders to the EFCC and the Minister of Finance as contained in the press release below: \u201cIn line with his avowed commitment to uphold the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[582,583],"class_list":{"0":"post-6698","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics-2","8":"tag-breaking-tinubu-suspends-humanitarian-minister-betta-edu","9":"tag-issues-directives-to-efcc-and-finance-minister"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v24.8) - 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