Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development under former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has said she is proud to have served under the Buhari Government. She said that nobody can wipe away the joy she had to have served, and vowed that she would take legal action against anybody who tries to stain her tenure in office.
The former Minister said those in reaction to allegations of fraud levelled against her which have been making the rounds, especially, in the Social Media.
She denied involvement in any money laundering scandal which some people have been linking her to. She said the purported investigation by the anti graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, into the activities of one James Okwete had nothing to do with her or her tenure in office.
Taking to her X handle (formerly Twitter) Farouq distanced herself from whatever scandal in a post she titled: “The Attack on my Person”
She dismissed the allegations as unfounded and malicious attacks on her person and vowed to take legal actions, and insisted that she knew nothing about Okwete. “I am proud to have served my country”, she said.
She wrote, “There have been a number of reports linking me to a purported investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into the activities of one James Okwete, someone completely unknown to me. James Okwete neither worked for, nor represented me in any way whatsoever. The linkages and associations to my person are spurious.
“While I resist the urge to engage in any media trial whatsoever, I have, however, contacted my legal team to explore possible options to seek redress on the malicious attack on my person.
“I remain proud to have served my country as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with every sense of responsibility and would defend my actions, stewardship and programmes during my tenure whenever I am called upon to do so.”
This former Minister’s post came days after President Bola Tinubu directed the immediate payment of the backlog of stipends owed to NPower beneficiaries across the country.
Farouq was in charge of the NPower, a Federal Government scheme designed by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari to move Nigerians from poverty and address youth unemployment in the country.
The scheme, however, was hit with a lot of setbacks as beneficiaries lamented non-payment of their stipends, resulting in a number of protests in Abuja and other parts of the country.
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