On January 8, President Bola Tinubu suspended Edu
and directed the EFCC “to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of
the financial transaction” involving her ministry.
The social investment programmes
– N-Power programme, conditional cash transfer programme, government enterprise
and empowerment programme, and homegrown school feeding programme — were put on
hold after the suspension of the minister.
The EFCC has since been
investigating the suspended minister and the ministry.
In an
update contained in a bulletin titled “EFCC Alert,” the commission said it is
also investigating 50 bank accounts, adding that the N30 billion recovered is
in the coffers of the federal government.
“We have laws and regulations
guiding our investigations. Nigerians will also know that they are already on
suspension and this is based on the investigations we have done, and President
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has proved to Nigerians that he is ready to fight
corruption,” Ola Olukoyede, EFCC chairman, was quoted as saying in the
bulletin.
“Moreover, with respect to this
particular case, we have recovered over N30 “It takes time to conclude
investigations; we started this matter less than six weeks ago. There are cases
that take years to investigate.
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“There are so many angles to it. And we need to follow through
some of the discoveries that we have seen.
“Nigerians should give us time on this matter; we have
professionals on this case and they need to do things right. There are so many
leads here and there.
“As it is now, we are investigating over 50 bank accounts we have
traced money into. That is no child’s play. That’s a big deal.
“Then you ask about my staff strength. And again, we have
thousands of other cases that we are working on. Nigerians have seen the impact
of what we have done so far, by way of some people being placed on suspension
and by way of the recoveries that we have made.
“You have seen that the programme itself has been suspended. We
are exploring so many discoveries that we have stumbled upon in our
investigation.
“If it is about seeing people in jail, well let them wait,
everything has a process to follow. So Nigerians should wait and give us the
benefit of the doubt.”
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