The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has demanded a public investigation of the alleged corruption against the suspended minister.
Like Atiku, it urged President Tinubu to go beyond Edu to fish out anyone connected with or that partook in the stealing of Nigeria’s collective patrimony.
CUPP, in a statement by its National Secretary, Peter Ameh, argued that the issues around the palliative money scam is deeper than what Nigerians are told.
The coalition also warned that any attempt to use political consideration to sweep what it described as monumental corruption under the carpet will be resisted by the Nigerian people.
“It is our belief that the suspended Minister could not have carried out that heist without the urging of a stronger and perhaps high-ranking member or members of the present government.
The whole issue surrounding the palliative and the larger Humanitarian Affairs ministry has become a sore thumb in both this government and the previous one.
“The former Minister, Sadia Umar is still under probe for embezzling close to N40 billion before the present Minister is fingered for her ignoble role in the transfer of N585 million to a private bank account.
“CUPP does not really believe in giving people fish to eat, which the ministry stands for, but in teaching people how to fish and become self-sustaining. CUPP imagines what the budgets of over N500 billion would provide in the areas of cottage industries with the attendant employment it will generate, or farm settlements that will spring up, food produced, and employment that go with it.
“The federal government should rethink the role and mandate of the ministry and save the nation from this embarrassment,” the statement read.