Lai Mohammed Speaks On Claims Members Of The Presidential Task Force On Covid-19 Getting N500m Per Day

Charles Oyelesi

The minister for Culture and Information Lai Mohammed has disclosed that many Nigerian beg him for money every day.

And he has revealed why.

Mohammed attributes this development to the talks that members of the Presidential Task For on Covid -19 get N500m (Five Hundred Million Naira) daily.

The minister during a briefing by the Presidential Taskforce to the nation labeled the talks as “fake news”.

Mohammed disclosed no member of the Presidential Task Force has received ‘a penny” since they took on the national assignment.

The Minister who was silent on how he handles the request for money from those “many people” claimed members of the Presidential Task Force actually spend their money – use their personal resources – when the need arises.