Hajiya Muheeba Farida Dankaka has been on the news in the last few weeks over series of unfounded and malicious issues created to assassinate her reputation by faceless but unrepentant interests in the commission working closely with the outgoing secretary.

These persons have in times past and also lately accused the executive chairman, Hajiya Dankaka of amongst other things, awarding a contract of N35M to a media consulting firm.

However, for the records, Hajiya Farida Dankaka since assumption of office as chairman of the Commission hasn’t awarded any contract to anybody or agency as the said contract was awarded by the former chairman of the commission with clear records in the commission to prove this.

I challenge any of those peddling this nefarious rumor including their backers accusing the chairman to come up with documents where she approved any contract in the sum of N35M.

Also, the issue of job racketing has also been in the news. However, it is in good and reliable authority that I wish to state that nothing of such has happened under Hajiya Farida Dankaka's watch as chairman of the commission.

It is common knowledge that waivers cannot be sold to agencies or departments because there is a process to get such waivers required for employment of Nigerians.

To this end, the elements behind this insinuation are challenged again to provide any document to prove their case.

Whereas the issue of an imaginary employment of 11 new staff in the commission by the chairman is in the air, it is not true. Who are they? What are their names? Which department are they working in?

Assuming without conceding that the allegation is correct, the chairman will still have acted in line with relevant sections of the act establishing the commission which bestows on Her statutory powers to employ staffs in the commission.

The validity of the FCC act is open to a debate and persons interested are challenged and welcome to prove that she erred.

Coming at a time when the Senate and office of the secretary of the government of the federation have both investigated the matter and absolved the chairman of any infraction, nefarious elements at the various levels in the commission not excluding the infamous group of federal commissioners responsible for lying to Nigerians through their media campaigns are advised to retract their steps, embrace peace and recommit themselves to the main reasons for which they were appointed.

Mrs Farida Dankaka is only being fought by 8 out of 37 National commissioners of the commission because of her uprightness and determination to make the federal character commission a stabilizer of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

According to them, “madam no dey gree drop”.

It has also been found out that the secretary of the commission is supportive of the 8 infamous federal commissioners due to the refusal of president Buhari to confirm Him as substantive chairman of the commission after intensive lobbying and serving as acting chairman.

The Federal Government is now called on to as a matter of urgency appoint a new secretary of the commission from the south since the current Secretary is from the north and his tenure is ending in a few days time in line with civil service rules.

Muheeba Dankaka has not hidden her desire to preside over an agency that will champion a wide range of reforms in corporate governance in the public and private sector.

This she is poised to do and will continue to work with patriotic individuals and groups to midwife a process that will form the benchmark for measuring excellence in public service.


- Nnamdi Obiekwe; ANIPR.

They will disenfranchise the south, go against the constitution, openly committing treason and it is still a paid southerner that will be used to defend the actions.

For morsels, a small group is putting a larger region on the backdrop.

Joseph Olome, I guest u are a Southerner, but it is very unfortunate and shameful that your type is a southerner. You collected peanut to write and defend the oppressors and marginalized of the southern NIGERIA. When last did you see a Northerner defending a Southerner against his Northern brothers. Yoruba never learn. They did it to Awolowo, To Bola Tunibu yet the younger generation don't want to learn, People like you make it look like there is no hope for Southern redemption.