Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has denied his involvement in the N438.1 million consultancy deal between New Planet Project Limited and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation
Tunji-Ojo, is the current Interior Minister appointed by President Bola Tinubu few months ago.
Widely reported allegations against the honourable minister has it that a firm owned by the minister had gotten N438 million as consultancy fees from the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu.
Responding to the allegations, Olubunmi denied owning the said firm during Channels Television’s Politics Today.
In his statement:”I am not a signatory to the company. I Resigned from that company 5years ago, I don’t run the company. I am not aware Of any transactions.
“As I’ve always said, I came into public office with a commitment to base my service on sincerity of purpose and openness. I believe that Nigerians don’t deserve to be kept in the dark in terms of public office operations.”
Stressing further: “And actually, I was shocked because the company in question was a company where I was a director. About five years ago, I had resigned from my directorship”.
The honorable minister admitted he founded the said firm alongside his wife.
The minister said his resignation from the firm was owing to his political ambition.
“I and my wife founded the company 15 years years ago. Well, in 2019, when I got to the House of Representatives, when I won election precisely, I made a change,” he said.
“I had resigned as director of the company to hold office.”
