Nigerian netizens on X (formerly Twitter) have demanded the probe of Chief of the Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila over N3billion National Social Register alleged fraud using #GbajaFraud..
The subject has been trending
on X.
SaharaReporters on Monday
reported how a memo issued by Gbajabiamila revealed that President Bola Tinubu
approved the release of N3 billion to verify the National Social Register under
the former administration of Muhammadu Buhari, for the suspended Minister of
Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Betta Edu.
The social register was created
for cash transfers and other social investment programmes.
Several firms were awarded
contracts from the N3 billion given out to the suspended minister – a release
which has now generated controversies and is a subject of probe by presidential
investigators and anti-graft agencies
This development also generated
negative reactions from Nigerians across social media platforms who described
the action of the Chief of Staff as insensitive towards the present economic
hardship common citizens have been subjected to since the current government
assumed office in May 2023.
An X user, Paul Smith Obasi,
said it is wrong for the country’s political leaders to continue to preach to
citizens to sacrifice while they keep stealing from the public treasury.
Paul wrote: “3 billion for
social register verification? And you want the poor amongst us to endure and
make sacrifices while your government is busy stealing and looting. Nigerians
are we going to continue to keep mute when very few are living extravagantly
with our wealth. #GbajaFraud.”
“3 billion naira to verify
social register, yet they tell the common man to endure hardship while they
loot the entire country to stupor. #GbajaFraud,” another user, Foundational Middle
Belter added.
According to one Jane, the
Chief of Staff’s alleged involvement in the fraud would affect the citizens’
confidence in Tinubu’s government.
Jane said, “If people like
Gbaja close to the president can perpetrate this corrupt act and get away with
it because they are so powerful, more people will lose faith in this
government. #GbajaFraud.”
“I wonder what this people take
us for. So we need to endure this hárdship in order for them to loot us dry #GbajaFraud,”
@ossy_mercy said.
“A whole N3 Billion naira! Ha!
Our Chief of Staff don do this one while many Nigerians sleep with hunger. It’s
not funny anymore. #GbajaFraud,” @ThaRealBello said.
Another X user, @amietorii,
said: “Mr Gbajabiamila should also be asked to leave his office for proper
investigation into the alleged fraud the way Mrs Betta Edu was suspended.
“From the look of this letter.
Gbaja is also guilty, and since Betta Edu was suspended, Gbaja should face the
law too. #GbajaFraud.”
“Gbaja is obviously known for
fraud, no one should exonerate him and he must be brought to book. This is
totally a daylight robbery,” @mosunnn wrote.
“We will keep saying our own,
Gbaja and his cohorts at the Villa should fear God and not spoil this
administration for us. Tinubu can do better but not with Gbaja as his CofS,”
@numberonetweep said.
“Nigeria is not a banana
republic, these people stealing us dry need to account for their crimes. How
can you approve 3.7b without the president’s consent? Just how? #GbajaFraud,”
Fadekemi added.
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