The current minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Bertha Edu for over few days now, has been caught in outrageous corruption scandal.
This is after she requested the Accountant General of the Federation to pay N585m into private account.
Edu, in a document that has gone viral on many social media platforms, personally signed the letter and addressed it to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, authorising the disbursement of the funds to one Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola.
The minister added that the payment was meant for vulnerable groups in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun and Lagos States
This is not the first Bertha Edu has been caught in a corruption scandal.
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in 2020 passed a vote of not confidence on Bertha Edu who was then the Health Commissioner in Cross River State over unethical handling of COVID-19 pandemic in the State.
Also in 2020, Edu was accused of posting fake photos of ventilators, according to Wikipedia online.
In a DailyPost story dated Match 09 2020, Groups, Citizens Solution Networks and Young People’s Party (YPP) decried the status of the isolation centre in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
Speaking shortly after inspecting the facilities at the centre, the State Chairman of Citizens Solution Networks and Chairman of Young People’s Party (YPP), Richard Friday Inoyo and Mr Anthony Bissong Attah respectively, lamented the equipment in the centre.
The duo said “We were at the State isolation centre for onward assessment and the level of preparedness by the state in case the coronavirus catches up with us.”
The two Chairmen said, “What we saw was quite depressing. Only just four beds were in the isolation centre and to a large extent one questionable medical equipment.
“The other six questionable medical equipment that were shared online were nowhere on sight at the isolation centre,” the duo alleged.
In another story by Punch dated 06 July 2020, the Nigerian Medical Association Cross River State chapter withdrew its services in hospitals across the state.
The association also passed a vote of no confidence on the state Commissioner for Health, Betta Edu, over alleged unethical handling of COVID-19 crisis.
The state NMA alleged that the NCDC had abdicated its responsibility of contact tracing, treatment and care for the five confirmed cases the UCTH which caused the delay in publication of the results by the NCDC.
“The Association passed a vote of no confidence on the Commissioner for Health, Dr Betta Edu, and further referred her to the NMA National Disciplinary Committee and Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) for the unethical handling of COVID-19 testing in the state, thus putting lives at risk and bringing the association to disrepute.
