I though ex-President Jonathan said the programme was completely above board, the one programme he was proud of because it was ‘corruption proof’?!
A probe, ordered by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has reportedly uncovered a massive fraud in the Federal Government Youth Enterprise With Innovation In Nigeria programme.
A source in the ministry of finance told The PUNCH that investigators found out that some senior civil servants gave out or facilitated slots worth between N 7m and N10m each to their family members and friends.
Some of these awardees, the source said, would not have qualified for the grants if they were not helped by their “connections” within and outside the ministry.
I hope there is a mistake somewhere.
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Youwin was proclaimed the one sure hope of the common man by the last administration. The one programme one didn’t need connections to win in. If this allegation is true, then one must ask, what hope is there for the common man to become a millionaire in Nigeria?
So sad!
We saw how it all played out, the minister of finance was right, most of these senior civil servants facilitated these slots to people on terms and conditions, they collect their percentages even before disbursing the rest to the beneficiaries.