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Just in: Betta Edu: Pres. Tinubu invites Interior Minister Tunji-Ojo to Aso Rock Villa

Edu was suspended from office by President Tinubu on January 8 for alleged diversion of N585 million meant for the implementation of grants to vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, into a private account.

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President Bola Tinubu has invited the Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to the Presidential Villa over alleged award of a consultancy contract of N438 million by the embattled Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to a company Tunji-Ojo has interest in.

The consultancy contract, Persecondnews gathered, was for the National Social Register for the disbursement of the funds to the vulnerable across the country.

It was believed to have been awarded to New Planet Projects Ltd, a company Tunji-Ojo is a beneficial-owner.

Edu was suspended from office by President Tinubu on January 8 for alleged diversion of N585 million
meant for the implementation of grants to vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, into a private account.

The media is awash with speculation that a consultancy contract of N438 million was awarded by the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs to a company Tunji-Ojo has interest in.

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