Edugate: NEYGA defends Gbajabiamila, says distracters have failed

A memo from President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, recently stirred fresh controversy. In the memo, it was stated that the president authorised release of N3 billion to the now-suspended Minister to verify the National Social Register of the former administration […]

A memo from President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, recently stirred fresh controversy.

In the memo, it was stated that the president authorised release of N3 billion to the now-suspended Minister to verify the National Social Register of the former administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The memo sparked outrage among some Nigerians on social media.

Reacting, the Northern Ethnic Group Assembly (NEYGA), in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr. Ibrahim Dan-Musa, said: “distractors have failed in their plots against the engine rooms of the Tinubu-led administration.”
The group, while wondering how the Chief of Staff can assume the position of authority, urged politicians to learn tolerance instead of engaging in a direct campaign of calumny against Gbajabiamila.

“To say Gbaja is an authority in law and a professor in government procedures is not an overstatement. It is clear some people are still seeking the downfall of one of the best brains in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, but they have failed.

“Someone who managed 360 elected representatives of the Federal House of Representatives for a solid four years without a blemish will not fall for a peanut. Detractors do not understand the quality and value of Femi Gbajabiamila. The Chief of Staff has crossed the bridge before it collapsed, so what they are pursuing is emptiness the second day after the Market day!”