A civil society under the aegis of Nigeria Citizens Action Group (NCAG) calls on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to probe the immediate past the Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, over the alleged mismanagement and misapplication of N75B Nigeria Youth Investments Fund.
According to Comrade Salahudeen A. Lukman, the Executive Director of Societal Safety Network (SSN) on Friday, probing Dare will resuscitate the belief that the president is not being selective in his fight against corruption in the country.
He said, “obviously President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR must prove his commitment to stamp out corruption in his administration likewise establish the ongoing probe of Mr Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa of Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) was never a political vendetta.
“He should order immediate arrest, investigation and prosecution of Mr Sunday Dare , the immediate past Minister of Youth and Sport Development over alleged mismanagement and misapplication of N75B Nigeria Youth Investments Fund.
“This was a fund targeted to develop Nigeria youth Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, this was sadly turned into family and friend gift. For poor supervision, mismanagement and misapplication of such huge fund, we doubt if the ministry can account for said fund at the moment.
“Latest information revealed how disbursement was resume for cover-up purpose, to people without a define business plan nor qualifications. All in effort to capture more names to enlist as beneficiaries of the fund already mismanaged and misapplied.
“We objectively call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to order the probe of Mr Sunday Dare and investigation into this fund utilization by EFCC, ICPC and other anti-graft agencies, and until this is done, Mr Sunday Dare should not be offer any national appointment else Nigeria citizens shall act accordingly within the confine of the law to repel such an affront.
“We remain optimistic that president Tinubu shall yield to our call between now and 14 working days which shall mark an end to our ultimatum before commencement of civil right action which includes a World Press Conference and a protest to EFCC headquarters to submit a petition on said matter.”
