Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has urged the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, to tender her resignation for some time so she can submit herself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission investigations.
HURIWA made this call following the Federal Government’s ongoing N44.8 Billion Fraud investigation in NSIPA as it involved the public fund she allegedly deposited in a private individual’s bank account.
The group emphasized on the potency of the public sector financial regulations of 2009, which prohibits the payment of public funds to the account of a private individual.
HURIWA especially noticed that it would be a twofold norm in the event that the the president suspended his representative heading the social investment coordinating office for the allegations of paying public funds worth over N34 billion as alleged by EFCC into private accounts, stressing that only for the cabinet-level minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to be approaching the public space seeking justification for also directing that public fund be paid into a private account no matter the status of that account holder.
It urged the President and the EFCC to use the best global practice in the enforcement of the anti-graft laws since the law shouldn’t be made to favour individuals because they are top officials in the ruling All Progressives Congress. READ MORE
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