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‘Betta Edu is gone for good,’ Presidency rules out APC chieftain’s return to Tinubu’s govt
Politics tamfitronics The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, has ruled out any possibility of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu, returning to the government.Onanuga, who featured in a Channels Television programme, Sunday Politics, said Edu’s sack from President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet was based on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) findings.The former Cross River State health commissioner was suspended by the president in January over the alleged diversion of N585 million in public funds into a personal bank account.She was also implicated in the release of N3 billion to verify the National Social Register during former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.Though Edu denied any wrongdoing, she was one of the ministers who was not retained in a cabinet reshuffle carried out by President Tinubu last...
