EFCC Begs Zenith Bank, 2 Others For Help In Probing Humanitarian Affairs Ministry

EFCC has begged Zenith Bank and 2 other bank executives for help in probing the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Group Managing Directors (GMDs) of Zenith, Providus, and Jaiz banks, on Tuesday, honored the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) soliciting for the handover documents relating to accounts operated by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to the anti-graft agency.

 

A source from the Agency confirmed that the bank Czars, departed the Abuja headquarters of the anti-graft agency after the documents were handed over.

 

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Multiple sources close to the banks, EFCC, and the Presidency clarified that the banks’ documents were requested by the anti-graft agency, to help in its ongoing investigation, into alleged financial impropriety in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria had earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, suspended the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, and directed an investigation into her Ministry.

 

Edu, who was grilled on Tuesday, by the EFCC, had allegedly directed the disbursement of N585,198,500.00 grant meant for Vulnerable Groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Lagos and Ogun States, into a private account.