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Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, was seen at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, amid controversy over a N438 million consultancy contract awarded to

The National Programme Manager, Grant for Vulnerable Groups under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Thalis Apalowo who was in charge of the N3 billion paid to numerous companies for consultancy services is a loyalist and former legislative aide of the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo. Tunji-Ojo represented Akoko North Federal constituency in Ondo State between 2009 and 2023 before he was appointed as interior minister by President Bola Tinubu.

As debates continue to heat up over the involvement of Nigeria's Minister of Interior, Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in the scandalous contract at the Ministry

  A company owned by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo was paid a total amount of N438.1 million by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation under Betta Edu for consultancy services, SaharaReporters has gathered.   The company, New Planet Project Limited was one of the numerous consultants awarded contracts from N3 billion given out by the suspended minister for the National Social Register contract.   The social register was created for cash transfers and other social investment programmes.  

The Minister denied involvement in the N438.1 million consultancy contract between New Planet Project Limited and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.