{"id":136988,"date":"2024-01-07T12:12:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T12:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/07\/weve-fooled-around-for-too-long-segun-showunmi-on-n585m-scandal\/"},"modified":"2024-01-07T12:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T12:12:36","slug":"weve-fooled-around-for-too-long-segun-showunmi-on-n585m-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/07\/weve-fooled-around-for-too-long-segun-showunmi-on-n585m-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;We&#8217;ve Fooled Around For Too Long\u2019 \u2013 Segun Showunmi On N585m Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-905784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Screenshot_20240107-042252_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Segun Showunmi, \" width=\"1073\" height=\"615\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Segun Showunmi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former governorship aspirant in Ogun State, has reacted to the alleged N585,198,500.00 million corruption scandal involving Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, had asked the Accountant General of the Federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, to send public funds to a private account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Ex-Minister Farouq Didn\u2019t Shun Invitation \u2013 EFCC Clarifies&lt;\/a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the private account belongs to Oniyelu Bridget Mojisola, identified as a project manager of the vulnerable groups in the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting via X at the weekend, Showunmi urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to avoid wasting time investigating the issue or yielding to emotion in the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBettygate! Mr President, we have fooled around for too long. Stumbling on the same stone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs laudable as social investment in the poor is. We need not waste the time, emotion and resources of this country risking national anger by this fraud that never ends,\u201d he posted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1205239271\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Segun Showunmi, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former governorship aspirant in Ogun State, has reacted to the alleged N585,198,500.00 million corruption scandal involving Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. 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