The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, on Friday disrupted an event she said did not have the backing of her ministry.
The Minister said the organiser of the event, Mela-Chiyoma PAT Limited, was pointedly told to put the event on hold.
At the venue in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja as captured in a video by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, Kennedy-Ohanenye said President Bola Tinubu was not happy with the organiser.
She said: “I am standing here to explain this to everyone.
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“She (organiser) has been arrested.
“She should have reorganised herself, used her name to make the invitation, and used her name to do this.
“Not to use the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs.
“I can’t allow this programme to go on because this is pure impersonation, and the President is not happy about it.
“I am saying it, let the media cover it.
“I don’t care. You don’t do this.
“You don’t take the ministry for granted.
“For what?”
