₦airaland Forum

Fourteen persons on Monday told the House of Representatives
committee investigating job racketeering at the Federal Character
Commission (FCC) that they had been receiving salaries from the
Federal Government without job placements.
They said the salaries were paid on the platform of the Federal
Government’s Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System
(IPPIS).
They also told the committee that they paid money to Mr Haruna
Kolo, former FCC’s IPPIS Desk Officer and Chief of Protocol to
the FCC Chairman, Mrs Farida Dankaka for the consideration.
One of them, Mr Gbadamosi Jalo, said Kolo took him to the IPPIS
office and registered him on its portal and that he had been
receiving salaries since then.
He said he had not been assigned to any government ministry,
department or agency, though he received an appointment letter
supposedly issued by the National Institute of Oceanography.
He said he paid some money to Kolo to get the consideration and
that Kolo told him that the money he paid was received on behalf
of the FCC chairperson.
Jalo said one Mr Gambo Yisha’u, driver to the Commissioner
representing Taraba at the FCC also confirmed to him that such
money ended up with Mrs Dankaka.
Twelve other witnesses made similar submissions alleging that
they paid money to Kolo, but had not been posted to any ministry,
department or agency of government.
In his testimony, a potential beneficiary of the racket, Mr Musa
Ibrahim, said he paid money to one Mr Abdullahi Azareh, who
acted as the linkman to FCC commissioner representing
Nasarawa State.
He said though the police in Nasarawa State arrested Azareh after
a barrage of complaints and petitions, he was released upon
intervention by FCC commissioners.
“We are victims of circumstances; the guy was arrested and
detained for a few hours, but was released because he was
working with the commissioner representing Nasarawa State at
the FCC,’’ he said.
Chairman of the committee, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi, said earlier that
the witnesses were invited after the committee got to know about
their statements of account and payment to Kolo and after
receiving their petitions.
He noted that while the committee was not a prosecuting agency,
it would get to the root of the matter and recommend appropriate
sanctions.
He berated IPPIS for its porosity.
“If Kolo was finding it easy to go to IPPIS to register payees
without the knowledge of authorising officers, the IPPIS needed
to answer a lot of questions,’’ he said.
Gagdi assured that the committee would scrutinise the bank
accounts of all FCC commissioners and the accounts of those
serving as their go-between. (NAN)

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The House Committee is doing a diligent job; after their investigation they should hand over to the ICPC or
EFCC but Corruption can't be totally eradicated in Nigeria 50/50 for sure.

African man with dark mindset

This has been happening for a long period of time

Phuckery everywhere in the country

Same reason many people love politics

ManirBK:
The House Committee is doing a diligent
job; after their investigation they should hand over to the ICPC or
EFCC.

You've spoken very well and intelligently too!

ManirBK:
The House Committee is doing a diligent job; after their investigation they should hand over to the ICPC or
EFCC but Corruption can't be totally eradicated in Nigeria 50/50 for sure.

just like previous committee, this might be the end of the investigation......so many unresolved and related issues.

This is how they finished Nigeria. Now I know why they don't want outsider or any Igbo as President of Nigeria.

I weep for Nigeria.