Suspended Minister of humanitarian affairs, says she has no link with the N30 billion purportedly recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
On January 8, President Bola Tinubu suspended Edu and directed the EFCC “to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transaction” involving her ministry
The social investment programmes – N-Power programme, conditional cash transfer programme, government enterprise and empowerment programme, and homegrown school feeding programme — were put on hold after the suspension of the minister.
The EFCC has since been investigating the suspended minister and the ministry.
In an update contained in a bulletin titled “EFCC Alert,” the commission said it is also investigating 50 bank accounts, adding that the N30 billion recovered is in the coffers of the federal government.
“We have laws and regulations guiding our investigations. Nigerians will also know that they are already on suspension and this is based on the investigations we have done, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proved to Nigerians that he is ready to fight corruption,” Ola Olukoyede, EFCC chairman, was quoted as saying in the bulletin.
“Moreover, with respect to this particular case, we have recovered over N30 billion, which is already in the coffers of the Federal Government.”
