By BolaBakare <\/p>\n
Halima Shehu, the suspended National Coordinator\/CEO of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA is a Nigerian who has spent the best years of her life in service both in the private and in public office.<\/p>\n
An advocate of the \u201cRenewed Hope, Agenda\u201d who believed enough to stand up, mobilized women, youths and communities in campaign with little funding and little or no security.<\/p>\n
She gave her loyalty, voice, energy and time because she believed that under the leadership of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Nigeria could be healed.<\/p>\n
She publicly declared support for PBAT as the APC presidential candidate in 2022.
\nShe sustained personal and professional attacks, lost her job under the previous administration for unflinching support and again you and I lost her job under this administration on false allegations.
\nTo this day, she has not received any entitlements \u2014 not while in office and not during suspension.
\nYour Excellency Mr President a Renewed Hope Nigeria cannot afford to abandon those who bled for it. If we punish honesty, we teach the next generation to be silent. If we restore justice, we teach them to serve with courage.
\nThe damage is unquantifiable both to self and family who now carry a burden they did not earn, also to her region whose daughters are told \u201cthis is what happens when women lead.\u201d
\nTo her faith and to women across Nigeria who now wonder if speaking the truth is worth the cost.
\nIt is also the pain of integrity wounded.
\nIt is the grief of a family legacy stained.
\nIt is the isolation of choosing truth and being punished for it. It is watching doors close and years of service reduced to whispers.<\/p>\n
Excellency Sir, haven watched you as a father of the nation evacuate Nigerians from war zones, rescue citizens from xenophobic attacks and grant pardon and compassion to those you have never met and have not stood with you till date. It is imperative that your heart has room for Halima Shehu who stood with you when it mattered.<\/p>\n
On assumption of office at NSIPA, she encountered entrenched issues of opacity and weak financial controls within the Agency. Acting in good faith and in strict adherence to the oath of office, she uncovered and documented serious irregularities.
\nOn 22nd December 2023, she promptly reported same to the Chairmen of the EFCC and ICPC, submitting documentary evidence in support.
\nShe was assured that the matter would be escalated appropriately.
\nIn utter surprise, barely ten days after deposition of facts with appropriate agencies, and without any feedback whatsoever she was suspended from office.
\nDuring her short ten-week tenure, substantial sums running into almost Fourteen Billion Naira (N14 billion) were removed from the Agency’s accounts without ger approval, knowledge or authorization in clear violation of established financial protocols. Additionally, unauthorized signatories were reportedly added to NSIPA’s Remita account with the Central Bank of Nigeria without her approval, leading to further transfers outside her authority. As the chief accounting officer of NSIPA these actions occurred beyond her control.<\/p>\n
She has a verifiable track record of integrity, accountability and prudent financial stewardship including the successful management of over Three Hundred Million Dollars ($300 Million) in World Bank-supported Conditional Cash Transfer programmes. She was instrumental in fully digitizing the Programme, opening over 1.9 Million accounts for beneficiaries across Commercial Banks, Micro Finance Banks and Payment Service Providers, taking financial literacy to the grassroots which paved the way for accountability and transparency on the Programme.
\nHer actions at NSIPA were fully consistent with this record and aligned with the Renewed Hope Agenda.<\/p>\n
She has served.
\nShe has worked assiduously.
\nDuring the Renewed Hope Presidential Campaign (2022-2023), she was appointed to serve as National Director, Social and Humanitarian Directorate of the Tinubu\/Shettima Presidential Campaign.This people-centred intervention translated into broad grassroots mobilisation and is credibly associated with the delivery of over 3,000,000 votes in support of the Renewed Hope mandate.
\nIt was therefore with renewed dedication that she accepted appointment as National Coordinator\/CEO of NSIPA on 18th October 2023. Highly determined to faithfully translate the Renewed Hope vision into tangible outcomes for the poor and vulnerable.<\/p>\n
She has written multiple letters to the EFCC pleading for them to conclude and make public their findings.
\nShe has written to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
\nShe has written to the present Minister of Humanitarian Affairs to follow up on the EFCC investigations.
\nShe has also written to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
\nWhat other pathways for justice and redress is yet untouched.
\nThis is a pure case of justice delayed justice denied.<\/p>\n
Prolonged silence is not admissible.
\nHer case warrants a closure and direct public release of the investigation reports from the EFCC and ICPC so the truth can be known.<\/p>\n
Nigeria we hail thee…!!!<\/p>\n
BolaBakare
\ntruthbetoldnetwork@gmail.com
\n08054469084<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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