Women minister Uju Kenedy-Ohanenye halts Abuja event, orders arrest of organiser

On Thursday, Uju Kenedy-Ohanenye, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, interrupted an event that was in progress in Abuja, the Federal Capital City, alleging that the organiser was misrepresenting the ministry. 

The International Centre for Investigative Reporting's official X (formerly Twitter) handle, #TheICIR, released a one-minute video in which the minister revealed that the event had been put on hold and that the organiser had been taken into custody. 

Mela-Chiyoma PAT Limited organised the event, which had the theme "Unveiling the Power of Women in Food Security" but little additional details were provided.

Ohanenye clarified that the event planner should have used her own name when organising the event, stating that President Bola Tinubu was not amused with the usage of the ministry's name.

Addressing journalists who were invited by the organisers, she said, “I am standing here to explain this to everyone. She 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?”

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