A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has justified President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu.
Mumuni, the gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) in 2011 in Lagos state, advised Nigerians to allow the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to do its job in the ongoing investigations surrounding an alleged diversion of N583m into a private account by the suspended minister.
The advice is contained in a statement made available to journalists through his Media Aide, Rasheed Abubakar on Wednesday.
The renowned author and security expert urged Nigerians to be mindful of what they say about the president’s action in the matter in other not to jeopardise the national interest.
While noting that the minister has been one of the promising ministers in this administration, the APC chieftain maintained that Tinubu was not wrong by appointing a female and a youth to head the ministry. Hence, he posited that the president should rather be commended for the suspension.
“Tinubu has done the right thing by appointing a female to head the ministry, and he should be praised for suspending her over the allegation of diverting public money into a private account.
“Aside the allegation, she has been one of the promising Ministers in this administration, it is just unfortunate she found herself in this mess. Like the popular saying, evil communication corrupts good manners.
“Nigerians should not turn themselves to judges, allow EFCC to do their job, and leave Tinubu alone to concentrate on delivery dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
“We should be calm and continue to work together as a nation to enable good governance and also encourage the president to discharge any rot from the government.
“Nigerians should understand that corruption is more like a regalia that will always want to remain after many washing, but it will only take a while to get rid of the rotten elements in the system.
“We are aware that our country Nigeria has been recycling corrupt systems for decades without pretending, but with the support of the citizens, better days will surely come”, he added.
ENDS
. TheWitness
