The former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk is expected to appear before EFCC today over an alleged N37.1 billion fraud.
Umar-Farouk served as minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari from August 2019 to May 29, 2023.
Last week, the former minister was invited by the anti-graft agency following a probe that was launched into her activities in the ministry when she held sway.
She is being investigated over the sum of N37.1 billion that was allegedly laundered under her watch through a contractor, James Okwete.
The former minister was asked to appear before interrogators at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, by 10:00 am.
The planned interrogation of the former minister followed the immediate suspension of Halima Shehu as the Chief Executive Officer and the National Coordinator of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA) by President Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu replaced Halima with the National N-Power programme Manager, Akindele Egbuwalo, in acting capacity pending an investigation initiated into the activities of the embattled former head of the agency.
