Former Senate President and wave Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Birthday celebration, Adolphus Wabara, has referred to as for the sacking of the Chairman of the Federal Persona Fee, Muheeba Dankaka, over corruption allegations.
Talking in an unique interview with Saturday PUNCH, the previous Senate President shared his revel in throughout a talk over with to the FCC, the place he sought activity placements for people in his constituency.
He noticeable that he used to be knowledgeable that jobs weren’t to be had with no bribe.
“I physically went to the FCC, requesting two or three jobs for some people in my wards. You will not believe that up till now, nothing has been done for the simple reason that I have not dropped any money and that they cannot even ask me to drop money. But I found out from some people there that they wouldn’t give any job to my ward for free,” he mentioned.
This isn’t the primary occasion such allegations of activity racketeering have surfaced in regards to the FCC.
Right through one of the crucial Space of Representatives Committee nation hearings tasked with investigating activity racketeering, 14 eyewitnesses testified about paying cash to a former Built-in Group of workers and Payroll Data Device table officer on the FCC, Haruna Kolo, for activity placements.
Kolo, throughout an interrogation, admitted to accumulating cash from activity seekers and claimed to have passed it over to Dankaka.
Then again, the committee investigating the subject led via Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau) has but to loose its findings one presen later, elevating suspicions that the inquiry will have been suppressed.
A supply inside the Space of Representatives, who asked anonymity as a result of he used to be no longer permitted to talk at the subject, indicated that really extensive proof used to be gathered however went unaddressed because of the affect of the ones implicated.
Wabara criticised the APC-led govt and the Nationwide Meeting for allegedly ignoring the subject bordering on corruption.
“Despite the serious allegations, nothing has been done. I expected the same swift action that was taken against Betta Edu (former minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation) to be applied here,” he stated.
He accused the ruling birthday party of failing to maintain its constancy to fight corruption, claiming that the wave management had revealed a be on one?s feet in corrupt practices.
In the meantime, efforts to get the committee chairman, Gagdi, to react to the problem had been unsuccessful as yells made to his cell phone went unanswered.
He additionally didn’t reply to SMS and WhatsApp messages despatched to him as of the occasion of submitting this file.
In a similar way, makes an attempt to get the Space of Representatives spokesman, Near Rotimi, to talk at the subject proved abortive.
He didn’t reply to yells to his telephones and a message to his WhatsApp.
In line with the allegations, an APC chieftain and previous minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, demanded for thorough investigations.
He noticeable that he had spoken with an FCC member who showed the claims of activity racketeering.
Shittu emphasized the will for duty, pronouncing, “If the President acted quickly against Betta Edu, similar actions should be taken in this case. We must ensure that there are no selective investigations into corruption.”
He mentioned that there must be an pressing motion to handle the problems inside the FCC and repair nation self belief within the fee.
“This isn’t a political factor and no longer about our birthday party, the APC, however concerning the want to do the suitable factor. Family have accused this lady, and it is just via nation investigation that we will certify that the lady used to be certainly a sufferer of blasphemy.
“So, I want to appeal to Mr President and the Senate President that something concrete should be done about it by way of proper investigation.”