Presidency seals suspended Beta Edu's fate as minister, says she's gone

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The Presidency has finally sealed the fate of suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Beta Edu, saying thd she is gone.

Preidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said with the recent cabinet reshuffle by President Bola Tinubu, the suspended minister, Dr Edu, has officially been relieved of her position.

According to Onanuga, who appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics,
”Betta Edu is gone.”

He said, “She was suspended in January and this is October. She is gone, officially. Her position has been taken over by the Plateau man.

“As far as this government is concerned, there is no more place for her in this cabinet.”

The presidential spokesman explained further that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) might have submitted some information that justified her dismissal.

Indeed, Tinubu on Thursday appointed Plateau-born Nentawe Yilwatda, a lecturer with the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, to replace Edu.
The President has written the Senate to confirm the appointment of Yilwatda and six others.

Tinubu appointed 48 ministers in August 2023, and one of the ministers, Betta Edu, was suspended in January 2024, while another, Simon Lalong, resigned and joined the Senate.

Edu was suspended over her alleged involvement in the approval of N585,198,500.00 to be disbursed into a personal account.

The President had directed EFCC boss Ola Olukoyede, “to conduct a thorough investigation into all aspects of the financial transactions” involving the ministry and “one or more agencies thereunder”.

The President embarked on cabinet shake-up on Wednesday, with the disengagement of five ministers, the reassignment of 10 others and seven fresh appointments.