President Muhammadu Buhari has been told to sack Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk for activities they considered as vote-buying.
Hajia Farouk’s husband, Saddique Abubakar, is the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Bauchi State.
Some elders in the state under the auspices of the Bauchi Elders for Sustainable Development threw allegation of scheming to buy votes in support of her spouse at the minister on Sunday at a press conference.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Alhaji Yahaya Suleiman said, Hajia Farouk under the guise of her ministry’s poverty alleviation programme is gathering people’s data in the state with the view to credit their accounts.
Suleiman claimed this smacked of vote-buying, particularly at a time the Buhari’s administration’s cashless policy is focus on riding the election of the menace.
Reading from a prepared text, Suleiman said, “We know that President Buhari is a person who cannot be associated with any corruption allegation. But, as it is now, there is an issue which requires his urgent attention and action before it escalates, we are sure that he is not aware of it or he has been shielded by a few people.
“We salute his courage for the rebranding of the naira notes to curb vote-buying but something is happening now, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development is going on with its activities despite the ongoing development in the country.
“The officials of the Ministry are going about collecting data of people with the hope of making money transfers to their accounts at this period of election. This can amount to vote-buying which may sway the attention of the electorate away from what they may have in mind to do.”
Continued: “What is happening can be likened to vote buying with the intention of swaying votes in favour of the APC governorship candidate, Amb Saddique Abubakar.”
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