JUST IN: Enitan takes over Humanitarian Affairs Ministry after Betta Edu’s sack

Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, has taken over the leadership of the ministry.

This comes days after the minister, Betta Edu was suspended by President Bola Tinubu over her alleged involvement in the financial misappropriation of over N500 million.

Politics Nigeria reports that Enitan’s move is in line with President Tinubu’s directive that suspended Edu on Monday over the alleged transfer of funds into private accounts.

Enitan took over after receiving a letter on Monday night from the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to that effect.

In an earlier statement by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu directed the suspended Minister to hand over to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

The statement read: “She is further directed by the President to fully cooperate with the investigating authorities as they conduct their investigation.

“Furthermore, the President has tasked a panel that is headed by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance to, among other functions, conduct a comprehensive diagnostic on the financial architecture and framework of the social investment programmes with a view to conclusively reforming the relevant institutions and programmes in a determined bid to eliminate all institutional frailties for the exclusive benefit of disadvantaged households and win back lost public confidence in the initiative.”