afrol News, 26 March - President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, has accepted the resignations of disgraced Nigeria's Health Minister and her deputy.

Adenike Grange and her deputy, Gabriel Yakubu Aduku have thrown away their towels amid public outcry over their alleged siphoning of state funds.

President Yar'Adua's administration has been launching an all-out combat on rampant and entrenched corruption among government officials. The resources-opulent West African is among the world’s most corrupt countries.

Grange and Yakubu have been indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of misappropriating €1.5 million euros, being the unspent funds of the ministry's 2007 budget.

The officials were suspected to have diverted the funds into suspicious contracts and Christmas bonuses. They disobeyed the government's earlier directive that all unspent budgets of 2007 be returned to the federal treasury.

The federal government is yet to file criminal charges against the disgraced officials.

Many Nigerian officials - including state governors - have been charged with corruption and its related crimes.

By staff writer

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