Peter Gregory Obi, the former governor of Anambra State, has expressed his concerns over purported fraudulent activities within the humanitarian ministry.
This comes after Betta Edu’s suspension as a humanitarian affairs minister due to the misappropriation of N585 million earmarked for palliative distribution.
The Labour Party candidate in the 2023 general election observed that the ministry might function as a channel designed by the system to divert public funds, all the while utilizing the poor as a public face.
Taking to his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, Obi said that the incessant cases of corruption in the ministry also confirmed the belief that the ministry might have been a conduit for political elites to divert public funds for themselves.
Obi said,
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