Nigeria Vice President, Professor Osinbajo Given 7 Days To Resign Over N5.8bn ‘Illegal Approval’

Nigeria Vice President, Professor Osinbajo Given 7 Days To Resign By Timi Frank Over N5.8bn ‘Illegal Approval’

Timi Frank, former deputy spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to resign.
In a statement on Monday, Frank said the vice-president is unfit to continue in office over his approval of N5.8 billion for National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

Osinbajo gave the approval when he was the acting president. The money was meant for the north-east intervention fund.
Last week, the house of representatives, said the approval was illegal because Osinbajo did not consult the national assembly.
The lawmakers also called for dismissal of Mustapha Maihaja, director-general of NEMA, over alleged fraud.

Frank asked the national assembly to act in line with its constitutional mandate to check the executive.
“It is safe to say that the present administration is the worst so far in terms of corruption and circumvention of due process laws in the nation’s democratic history,” he said.
“As a learned gentleman, Osinbajo cannot say he did not know that it is illegal for any government official to spend funds not appropriated by the national assembly."