Sadiya Umar Farouq who is a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development has written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), apologising over her failure to appear before the commission to answer questions on the alleged laundering of ₦37.1 billion during her tenure.
The spokesman of the commission Dele Oyewale told reporters on Friday that the former minister wrote to the anti-graft, clarifiying that she is not disposed for now to appear before the commission.
He went on to point out that the EFCC has directed her to honour the invite without further delay.
Meanwhile, the suspended National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) Halima Shehu has reported to the commission.
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Africa Today News, New York understands that she is providing the necessary information to the agency’s interrogators.
However, she is not detained at the commission. She is expected to report to the commission every day until the conclusion of the investigation.
Meanwhile, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Support Group has called on President Bola Tinubu to also suspend the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, to pave the way for effective investigation of corruption allegations in the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA).
Tinubu had on Tuesday suspended the coordinator/chief executive officer of NSIPA, Halima Shehu, over alleged financial impropriety and appointed Akindele Egbuwalo as new head of the agency.
The group under the aegis of PDP Forever Initiative at a press conference in Abuja yesterday alleged that the federal government through the minister of humanitarian affairs is attempting to cover up some wrongdoings in government.
The president of PDP Forever Initiative, Gideon Obande, said it was wrong for the president to approve the suspension of Shehu and immediately replaced her with a Yoruba man instead of the most senior civil servant in her agency who is from the north.