The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has expressed excitement over the prompt action by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the suspension of Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Dr. Beta Edu following her alleged role in the attempt to steal monies meant for distribution to vulnerable Nigerians.
CUPP’s National Secretary, Chief Peter Ameh urged President Tinubu to extend the dragnet
beyond Edu to fish out anyone that is connected to or partook in the stealing of the collective patrimony of Nigerians.
CUPP warned that any attempt to use political consideration to sweep this monumental corruption under the carpet will be resisted by the Nigerian people.
It thereby called on the federal government to rethink the role and mandate of the Humanitarian ministry and save the nation from this embarrassment.
“It our belief that the suspended Minister could not have carried out that heist without the urging of a stronger and perhaps high-ranking member or members of the present government,” CUPP noted.
“The whole issue surrounding the palliative and the larger Humanitarian Affairs ministry has become a sore thumb in both this government and the previous one.
“The former minister Sadia Umar is still under probe for embezzling close to forty billion naira before the present minister is fingered for her ignoble role in the transfer of five hundred and eight five million naira to a private back account.
“CUPP does not really believe in giving people fish to eat, which the ministry stands for, but in teaching people how to fish and become self-sustaining.
“CUPP imagines what the budgets of over five hundred billion would provide in the areas of cottage industries with the attendant employment it will generate, or farm settlements that will spring up, food produced, and employment that go with it.”