Govt Director of the Nationwide Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN), Comrade Bassey Akinlosotu, has appealed to Nigerians to acknowledge the great work of the Minister of Inside, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has confronted requires his resignation and termination over the contract scandal that has rocked the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
The group, comprising over 500 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), at a press convention yesterday in Abuja, argued that there’s clear proof that the minister and his spouse have resigned from the board of administrators of the corporate, leaving them with out management in regards to the firm. .
“It will likely be unsuitable and misplaced to count on that an organization established to offer providers and create employment shall be closed down simply because a former director has determined to serve within the standing of a public servant. We frown at this judgment of the mob and name on Nigerians to restrain themselves.”
Tunji-Ojo has come underneath criticism following the controversy surrounding the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Betta Edu's awarding of contracts value N3 billion underneath questionable circumstances.
A leaked memo revealed that an organization, New Planet Venture Restricted, based by the minister and his spouse, took benefit and was awarded a contract value N438 million as a consultancy agency for the verification of the Nationwide Social Register (NSR). the Ministry.
Nevertheless, the minister has since denied any breach or violation of public service guidelines, saying he has resigned as director of the corporate and isn’t taking part in its administration.
Additionally, a communiqué issued on the finish of the assembly, signed by Comrade Akinlosotu, said that Tunji-Ojo had performed an amazing quantity of labor in lower than three months and that his involvement in fraud was questionable.
Akinlosotu stated: “As we speak it’s clear that the ministers can ship on their mandate. The Minister of Residence Affairs has confirmed that there’s hope within the present authorities,” which is why Nigerians shouldn’t throw the infant with the bathwater.
The group, subsequently, expressed confidence in President Bola Tinubu's resolve to deal with insecurity, saying that “the Council is assured that the President's efforts to enhance the safety and financial well-being of Nigerians will progressively deliver optimistic will yield outcomes.
“The civil society neighborhood additionally commends President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's determination to cut back the scale of the chief entourages geared toward lowering the price of governance. We hereby name on each the legislature and the judiciary to comply with this instance, to additionally save our financial system,” the report concludes.
