The Civil Society Convention for Peace, Safety and Nationwide Improvement (CCSPSND) has known as on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to not give in to the blackmail directed at Inside Minister Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo within the ongoing investigation into allegations of fraud towards the Minister of Humanitarian Help and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Betta Edu.
The chairmen of the Coalition, Dr. Adamu Muhammad and Chief Michael Msuaan, MON made the decision in an announcement collectively signed and issued in Abuja whereas reacting to alleged involvement within the N438.1 million consultancy contract between New Planet Mission Restricted, an organization linked to Dr . Tunji-Ojo and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
The group claimed that Dr. Tunji-Ojo stays among the finest ministers in President Tinubu's cupboard. In response to the civil society group, within the few months that he has been in energy, the Minister of the Inside has left nobody doubtful about his dedication to doing issues otherwise. He cleared roughly 204,000 passport backlogs in simply three weeks as president.
The duo of Dr. Adamu Muhammad and Chief Michael Msuaan alleged that enemies of the nation who don’t need something good within the nation are at it and are sponsoring media commentaries geared toward blackmailing the minister. They search to have the minister fired in order that they will proceed with their enterprise of defrauding the nation.
“We strongly state that enemies of the nation who have been concerned in passport fraud and fraud within the immigration and different providers of the ministry and their sponsors are able to warmth up the polity with sensational information geared toward criminalizing the minister. President Tinubu should resist the temptation to play into the palms of those enemies.
“Dr. Tunji-Ojo has launched an period of effectivity in service supply, growing professionalism and focus. He has developed a imaginative and prescient to enhance the welfare of paramilitary officers, in addition to changing prisons into rehabilitation centres. Such a visionary chief should be given time to show the fortunes of the ministry round.
“Our findings on the Company Affairs Committee present that the Minister resigned as director of New Planet Mission Restricted in 2019, greater than 5 years in the past, and as such is now not concerned within the working of the corporate. The 438.1 million Naira consultancy contract awarded to the corporate is baseless and baseless.”
The CSO additional defined that Dr. Tunji-Ojo has not been concerned within the day-to-day administration of the mentioned firm since 2019, claiming that his dismissal from the corporate's directorate was in accordance with public service guidelines.
“As Minister of the Inside, Dr. Tunji-Ojo was not allowed any contact with the mentioned firm. It should be acknowledged that the corporate, being a listed firm, can tender and execute contracts if awarded by any authority,” the CSO mentioned.
The civil society teams pressured that the partnership the Minister of Inside had with Betta Edu was for the great of Nigerians, involving unlawful migration, human trafficking, youngster labor and provision of vocational abilities in correctional centres, all according to the renewed the president's agenda.
“The Civil Society Convention for Peace, Safety and Nationwide Improvement strongly rejects the decision for the suspension or dismissal of Dr. Elijah Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Inside, and known as on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to not succumb to the antics of those enemies. of the nation.”
