FG: We won’t sweep allegation against Adeosun under carpet

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the Federal Government will not sweep the allegation of certificate forgery against Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun under the carpet.

He gave the assurance yesterday when he paid an official visit to the Abuja office of The Authority Newspaper.

He said President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity remains intact, in spite of the allegation of forgery against his Minister of Finance.

Mohammed said this when responding to a question from the editorial management of the paper on why Buhari was still keeping Adeosun in his cabinet, Mohammed said the case was still under investigation.

He said the appropriate agencies were still investigating the allegation against the finance minister and should be allowed to do their jobs.

Adeosun was alleged to have forged a National Youth Service Corps exemption certificate.

“Until when an allegation is proven, you do not expect the President to act.

“The appropriate agencies have spoken and they say they are investigating. The only wait.

“By saying that the minister should resign or be sacked while investigation is still ongoing may also not be feasible in our clime because of the level of false accusations.

“How many times have they accused me of embezzlement? Even recently, they said my driver jumped out of the car, abandoned me and decamped to PDP.

“People even made the allegation that President Buhari did not have certificate.’’

The minister that the president thing we can do is to insisted will be usurping the powers of the investigating agencies if he sacked Adeosun before their reports.

“For instance, people have come to me that so and so TV and Radio stations are spreading fake news and I should shut them down.

“I told them that I do not have the power to do so; it is the responsibility of the National Broadcasting Commission, even though it is an agency under my watch.

“We are as concerned as you are; but having spent some time in government, you will see that a lot of lies are being peddled about us.” (NAN)

From left: The Director Regulation and Monitoring, National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NRLC), Sajo Mohammed; DirectorGeneral NLRC, Lanre Gbajabiamila; Executive Vice Chairman/CEO Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta; and Executive Commissioner Stakeholder Management NCC, Sunday Dare, after the signing of an MoU at the NCC headquarters in Abuja yesterday.