Group urges Tinubu to pardon, reinstate Betta Edu

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A group, Sustainable National Movement, has called on President Bola Tinubu to pardon and reinstate the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu.

Founder of the group, Kayode Arimoro, made the call at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday.

President Tinubu suspended the Humanitarian Affairs minister in January, following controversies about financial transactions she authorised in her ministry.

Mrs Edu came under criticism from Nigerians for ordering the transfer of N585.2 million into the private bank account of a civil servant, who is the accountant in charge of grants for Vulnerable Nigerians.

Mr Arimoro, a US-based Nigerian Civil rights activist,…



Source: Nigerian Tribune