Trouble looms for Culture Minister, Hannatu Musawa over N290m street light project
The Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa is at the center of yet another scandal.
This time, she was accused of voting 290 million Naira for street lights to be located in her local government.
According to reports on May 22, 2024, the Ministry of Culture voted 290 million Naira for street lights to be located in Minister Hannatu Musa Musawa’s local government.
A staff of the ministry who spoke on condition of anonymity said “If all our ministers, agency heads, and legislators now compete to domicile constituency projects exclusively in their local governments, other areas in Nigeria that did not produce ministers will end up with nothing, no roads, lights, railway, hospitals, airports and etc. What a clever way to practice nepotism and misappropriation in the name of budgeting for constituency projects.”
It would be recalled that Musawa was embroiled in NYSC status scandal.
This started about three years ago when Musawa could not provide evidence of national service to senators during the screening for an appointment she was nominated for by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
But the controversy resurfaced when following the confirmation by the management of the NYSC that Ms Musawa, who was inaugurated as Minister by President Bola Tinubu, was still undergoing her national youth service.
