{"id":304640,"date":"2024-01-07T20:51:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T19:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=304640"},"modified":"2024-01-07T20:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T19:51:54","slug":"presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The N585.189 million, meant for the vulnerable in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, was allegedly diverted into a private account<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Presidency has reacted to the alleged misappropriation and siphoning of public funds by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/06\/betta-edu-agf-speaks-on-tinubus-minister-n585m-payment-request\/\">Betta Edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The minister has been in the news in the past few days for allegedly transferring N585.189 million from the ministry to individual bank accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the development, the presidency said the relevant authorities are investigating the matter.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu\u2019s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said appropriate action would be taken after the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAppropriate Action will be taken thereafter,\u201d he told Daily Trust.<\/p>\n<p>The N585.189 million, meant for the vulnerable in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, was reportedly diverted into a private account.<\/p>\n<p>This elicited widespread outrage and a call for Edu\u2019s dismissal and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>In a viral document signed by Edu and directed to the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, the minister directed the disbursement of N585.189 million into one Bridget Mojisola Oniyelu\u2019s private account.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked document revealed that the money was paid into Oniyelu\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the widespread outrage, Edu, in a statement by her Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Rasheed Zubair, said the payment followed due process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The N585.189 million, meant for the vulnerable in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, was allegedly diverted into a private account. The Presidency has reacted to the alleged misappropriation and siphoning of public funds by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu. The minister has been in the news in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":287525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"211693","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"0","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":{"override_bookmark_button":"0","override_show_bookmark_button":"0"},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[47977,74951,109,28],"class_list":["post-304640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-betta-edu","tag-n585-189-million-fraud","tag-presidency","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The N585.189 million, meant for the vulnerable in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, was allegedly diverted into a private account. The\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-07T19:51:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"626\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"490\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Afolabihakim\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@withinnigeria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Afolabi Hakim\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\"},\"headline\":\"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-07T19:51:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":244,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Betta Edu\",\"N585.189 million fraud\",\"Presidency\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/\",\"name\":\"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-07T19:51:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg\",\"width\":626,\"height\":490,\"caption\":\"Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/07\\\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"NEWS\",\"description\":\"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/Logo-dark-bg.png\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/withinnigeria\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/withinnigeria\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27\",\"name\":\"Afolabi Hakim\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Afolabi Hakim\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@Afolabihakim\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.withinnigeria.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/afolabi\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move","og_description":"The N585.189 million, meant for the vulnerable in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ogun, and Lagos states, was allegedly diverted into a private account. The","og_url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/","og_site_name":"NEWS PICKS \u2014 WITHIN NIGERIA","article_publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","article_published_time":"2024-01-07T19:51:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":626,"height":490,"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Afolabi Hakim","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Afolabihakim","twitter_site":"@withinnigeria","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Afolabi Hakim","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/"},"author":{"name":"Afolabi Hakim","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27"},"headline":"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move","datePublished":"2024-01-07T19:51:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/"},"wordCount":244,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg","keywords":["Betta Edu","N585.189 million fraud","Presidency","Tinubu"],"articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/","name":"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-07T19:51:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/09\/Minister-of-Humanitarian-Affairs-and-Poverty-Alleviation-Betta-Edu.jpg","width":626,"height":490,"caption":"Betta Edu, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/01\/07\/presidency-breaks-silence-on-tinubus-minister-betta-edus-n585m-scandal-discloses-next-move\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Presidency breaks silence on Tinubu\u2019s minister, Betta Edu\u2019s N585m scandal, discloses next move"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","name":"NEWS","description":"Latest &amp; Trending Nigeria News, Entertainment, Sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#organization","name":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Logo-dark-bg.png","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"WITHN NIGERIA MEDIA LIMITED"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/x.com\/withinnigeria","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/withinnigeria\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo0qw0SqhKNTsQQM48FpdTA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/11c3572b598054b7529a9e48ca435c27","name":"Afolabi Hakim","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d6cc8a27183da7a58906a5c50abff09673ac4c88f93d4406aed72817df5aa6a9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Afolabi Hakim"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/@Afolabihakim"],"url":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/author\/afolabi\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}