In a letter obtained by SaharaReporters, Dr. Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, admitted that she had asked Mrs. Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, the Accountant General of the Federation, to transfer public cash to a private account.
Rasheed Zubair, the Minister’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, discussed the issue and said that the vulnerable group’s N585.198 million payment was made in accordance with the law.