A Former Staff of the Federal Character commission FCC Mr Haruna Kolo, has admitted payment of millions of naira into his personal account for onward transmission to the commission’s Chairman, Mrs Muyeebat Dankaka.
He made the statement when he appeared before the house of Representatives adhoc committee investigating job racketeering and mismanagement in the IPPIS system.
Mr Haruna Kolo, who was the IPPIS desk officer in the federal character commission before he joined the Asset Management Company of Nigeria AMCON said he use to collect the money in cash to deliver to the Chairman from the POS agent.
He confirmed that the Chairman appointed him as her chief protocol while serving in the Commission to be collecting money from the job seekers between 1 million to 5 million naira depending on the Ministry, Department or Agency of their choices.
The former FCC staff stressed that he saw the allegation against him in the media regarding job racketeering but never been involved in selling job, only act on the instruction of Dankaka who is always receiving the money in cash.
Mr Kolo, maintained that his redeployment to AMCON was not without the knowledge of the chairman of the commission but to favour him and others that left at the time.
He however accused the chairman of going after him when her sister was rejected at AMCON due to age factor because she was already 51 years at the time she was given the job.
He also said contrary to the Chairman’s claimed that FCC had not carried out recruitment exercise since assumed office, Kolo said it was a lie.
He said when he was desk officer of IPPIS in FCC, recruitment exercise was conducted and over 300 letters of employment were issued but those captured by FCC were few, contrary to the chairman’s claim that since she assume office no recruitment was carried out.
In her part Chairman of the Commission Mr Muyeebat Dankaka, denied collecting any money from Mr Haruna Kolo, as alleged, adding that it was a conspiracy between him and the other commissioners to tarnish her image.
Speaking Chairman of the committee Alh Yussuf Gagdi, told Mr Kolo that the committee is in possession of an evidence that Kolo has N38.5 million in his account, which was withdrawn from POS while a total of N75 million was found in his Access Bank, UBA and Eco bank accounts as a proceed of job racketeering.
According to the chairman, Kolo is allegedly serving as a front for collecting money for job recruitments in the commission as against the service, financial regulation and the extant law.
Alh Gagdi, ruled that Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission CAC, and Chairman of the Assets Management Company Of Nigeria AMCON, where Mr Kolo is currently working, to appear before the committee for continuation of the probe.
COV : SALIHU TSIBIRI
