The corruption scandal shaking Nigeria affects the National Social Investment Program Agency (NSIPA), an organization that fights poverty, suspended on Friday 12 January on charges of embezzlement of public funds.
Published on: 01.13.2024 – 11.06pm
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Cash transfers from this national social assistance program were intended to go to the poorest people in Nigeria, but also to young people who should have received school meals.
But this is without taking into account suspicions of corruption. The minister of humanitarian affairs and the fight against poverty, Betta Edu, is accused by the opposition of having embezzled this fund. The People’s Democratic Party speaks of 50 million dollars stolen, part of which was paid directly into the minister’s bank account. She has since been suspended by President Tinubu.
But the opposition does not stop there: it is also calling for the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, accused of having participated in this embezzlement.
This Saturday, Bola Tinubu simply suspended all programs run by the National Social Investment Program Agency for at least six weeks, said a presidential spokesperson who added that an investigation is underway. In the meantime, the funds are frozen and the beneficiaries will not receive payments.
2024-01-13 22:06:20
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