Dr. Betta Edu Ex-minister In Charge of Npower To Report At Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Headquarters Tuesday 9th 2024

According to Npower News, Dr. Betta Edu the ex-Minister is expected to report at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Headquarters Tuesday 9th 2024

According to a reliable source, the ex-minister in charge of Npower, has been invited in line with President Tinubu’s instruction that a holistic investigation be conducted within the ex-minister's tenure in the ministry.

According to Npower News, Dr. Betta Edu the ex-Minister in charge of Npower, was involved in a ₦585,000,000 payment scandal involving her and her ministry, and this has attracted widespread criticisms from civil rights groups and political activists.

The problem of the ex-Minister escalated when the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, explained that although her office received the memo from the ex-Minister in charge of Npower to make payments, her office did not honour the request.

According to Npower News, the Presidential spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, said his principal suspended the ex-Minister in charge of Npower Dr. Betta Edu with immediate effect and directed the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, “to conduct a holistic investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions” involving the ministry in charge of Npower and “one or more agencies under the social investment program”.

Dr. Betta Edu, who is thirty seven years of age, is the youngest in the President’s cabinet before her suspension, Dr. Betta Edu was a fast-rising force in the political space having occupied state and national offices at a very young age.

Prior to her appointment as the Minister in charge of Npower, last August, Dr. Betta Edu the ex-Minister in charge of Npower, was Cross River State Commissioner for Health and the National Women Leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC). Dr. Betta Edu was a major figure in the campaign train of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that brought the former Lagos state Governor into office as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

According to Npower, Dr. Betta Edu the ex-Minister in charge of Npower, got her ministerial appointment about three months after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was elected as President. Her tenure as minister in charge of Npower was however, truncated barely six months after her ministerial appointment, perhaps the shortest tenure by a minister in a long while.