The Minister of Girls Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has reportedly arrested an occasion organiser for alleged impersonation of the ministry in Abuja.
In a viral video, the minister was seen stopping the occasion organised by Mela-Chiyoma Pat Restricted on Thursday.
In accordance with her, the occasion, tagged “Unveiling the ability of ladies and meals safety,” was convened within the identify of the Ministry of Girls Affairs with out approval.
Ohanenye revealed that President Bola Tinubu cancelled the occasion however the organiser went forward with it.
“There’s an impersonating factor occurring right here. The Federal Ministry of Girls Affairs didn’t plan this.
The girl, I’ve arrested her. Proper now, she is with the Division of State Service (DSS),” the minister stated.
“After we wrote that we have been cancelling, the president permitted that we must always cancel till additional discover; she nonetheless went forward to print this factor.
“That is impersonation. So far as this factor was given on the market, that makes it a fraud. So, that’s the reason I’m standing right here to clarify this to everybody. She has been arrested”, Ohanenye added.
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In a dramatic flip of occasions, the Minister of Girls Affairs and Social Improvement[@FMWA_ng], Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye [@BarrUjuKennedy], stormed an occasion organised by Mela-Chiyoma PAT… pic.twitter.com/vwedptZIfP
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The minister defined that the occasion organizer ought to haven’t organized the occasion below the aegis of the Federal Ministry of Girls Affairs, declaring that the president just isn’t pleased about it.
