Medical doctor minister in the eye of the storm

Tinubu’s Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu has been in the eyes of the public lately for the wrong reasons, following investigations into an alleged N585m fraud by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Opposition parties and other anti-corruption crusaders have called for Edu’s sacking, after a memo she issued, instructing the Accountant-General of the Federation, Dr Oluwatoyin Madein, to pay N585m into the private bank account of a project accountant in her ministry, Bridget Oniyelu, was leaked on Saturday.

On Monday, President Bola Tinubu suspended Edu, while ordering the EFCC to probe the humanitarian ministry.

As the scandal unravels, here is what Premium Politics knows about the embattled minister:

A medical doctor turned politician, Betta Edu, was born on October 27, 1986, in the Abi Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State.

She had her secondary education at the Federal Government Girls College, Calabar in 2001, and her first degree in medicine and surgery, from the University of Calabar, in 2009.

Edu also had a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the same institution, and a Doctor of Public Health from Texila American University. READ MORE

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