{"id":110080,"date":"2024-01-11T18:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=110080"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T17:01:42","slug":"peter-obi-on-edugate-dont-spare-anybody-involved-wants-comprehensive-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/peter-obi-on-edugate-dont-spare-anybody-involved-wants-comprehensive-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi on Edugate: \u2018Don\u2019t spare anybody involved;\u2019 Wants comprehensive investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1787808361071135945\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in last year\u2019s general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged the government to ensure that all those culpable in the scandal involving the now suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Ms. Betta Edu are brought to book.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nObi said in his X-handle platform that the government should go beyond the suspension of the Minister which he welcomes and carry out a comprehensive investigation into the matter by giving the problem of public sector corruption the severe urgency it deserves.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed disappointment that a Ministry created in good faith to attend to the plight of the suffering masses is being turned into a conduit pipe to steal from the poor as seen in the current and previous Ministers of the Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to add my voice with most Nigerians concerned about accountability in government and judicious use of public funds, to welcome the suspension of the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Betta Edu, and subsequent directives for her investigation.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cWhile the action of the government is a welcome development, the investigation must be comprehensive so that all those culpable are brought to book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The LP leader warned against taking the issue lightly \u201cThe suspension of the Minister should not be a window-dressing action but should be a peg to get at all those who are deserving of blame punished just like the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy a sad coincidence, the alleged fraudulent diversion of N585 million of public money by Ms. Edu broke almost at the same moment that the Minister who held the same portfolio in the last administration is being investigated for a whopping N37bn misappropriation. The Ministry may have been created by the system as a conduit pipe to siphon public funds while using the poor as a facade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqually worrisome and disgusting is the fact that the missing funds are meant for poverty alleviation in a time of severe suffering among the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, the ruling elites that can shamelessly convert, divert, or misappropriate such huge sums meant for the poor cannot be trusted to address the severe poverty ravaging the people. It is not only immoral but also insensitive for those entrusted with funds for public welfare to steal from the poor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on the administration to use these cases to initiate a thorough system-wide and systematic investigation of all reported cases of fraud and corruption among high government officials in the country. 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