Contract scandal: NCSCN makes case for Tunji-Ojo
The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN) has made case for the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, saying his involvement in the alleged contract scam was doubtful. Recall that Tunji-Ojo faced scrutiny following the controversy surrounding the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu’s financial misappropriation. A leaked document revealed that New Planet Project Limited, […]
Minister of Interior, Hon. (Dr.) Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo
The National Civil Society Council of Nigeria (NCSCN) has made case for the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, saying his involvement in the alleged contract scam was doubtful.
Recall that Tunji-Ojo faced scrutiny following the controversy surrounding the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Betta Edu’s financial misappropriation. A leaked document revealed that New Planet Project Limited, a company founded by Tunji-Ojo, secured a N438 million consultancy contract from the ministry.
In response, the minister denied any wrongdoing, noting that he resigned his directorship in the company in February 2019 when elected as a lawmaker in the House of Representatives.
NCSCN, in a communique issued at the end of a media briefing Thursday in Abuja and signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Blessing Akinlosotu, said in less than three months Tunji-Ojo had shown tremendous work and that his involvement in fraud was doubtful.
“Today it is evident that the Ministers can deliver on their mandates. The Minister of Interior has proven that there is hope in the present Government.
“Regarding the case of Minister of Interior and the affected company, there is a clear evidence that the Minister and his wife have resigned from the Board of Directors of the company hereby seizes to control the company.
“It will be erroneous and out of place to expect a company established to render service and create job opportunities to be shut down just because a former director has decided to serve in the status of a public servant, we frown at this mob judgement and call on Nigerians to restrain,” Akinlosotu said.