{"id":106511,"date":"2024-01-07T20:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation"},"modified":"2024-01-07T22:55:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T21:55:41","slug":"n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation","title":{"rendered":"N585m scandal: NANS hails Tinubu for ordering investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has praised President Bola Tinubu for ordering an investigation into the alleged N585 million scandal involving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu.<\/p>\n<p>The minister has been under fire for violating Nigeria\u2019s Financial Regulations 2009, which emphasises separating public and personal money in government transactions.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the President, through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, ordered a thorough and comprehensive investigation into the financial scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Backing the President\u2019s move, the President of NANS, Pedro Chibuzo Obi, said in a statement, \u201cThe scandal which has embedded the Humanitarian Ministry, if not addressed by the President, would have put the resolve of this administration to curb corruption to test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that corruption is a major challenge to the country\u2019s development and economic growth. And, as an association, we must commend the President for ordering an investigation into the scandal surrounding the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has shown that President Tinubu will leave no stone untouched in the crusade against corruption. The President has not left us in doubt regarding his commitment to ridding Nigeria of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne does not need a soothsayer to declare that this administration has been fighting corruption and that it will continue to fight corruption within the confines of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NANS President however, urged Tinubu to ensure transparency in the investigation in order to further gain Nigerians confidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has praised President Bola Tinubu for ordering an investigation into the alleged N585 million scandal involving the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. The minister has been under fire for violating Nigeria\u2019s Financial Regulations 2009, which emphasises separating public and personal money [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":106510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,12353,1284,254,945],"class_list":["post-106511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-n585m-scandal","tag-nans","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N585m scandal: NANS hails Tinubu for ordering investigation - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has praised President Bola Tinubu for ordering an investigation int ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"N585m scandal: NANS hails Tinubu for ordering investigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has praised President Bola Tinubu for ordering an investigation int ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-07T19:39:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-07T21:55:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/sm_1704648172.844871.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"N585m scandal: NANS hails Tinubu for ordering investigation\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-07T19:39:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-07T21:55:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/sm_1704648172.844871.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"N585m scandal\",\"NANS\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/n585m-scandal-nans-hails-tinubu-for-ordering-investigation\",\"name\":\"N585m scandal: NANS hails Tinubu for ordering investigation - 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