Kolo Haruna, a special assistant to Muheeba Dankaka, chairman of the Federal Character agency (FCC), has disclosed how he participated in hiring racketeering at the agency on the orders of his superior.
Prior to a meeting of the House of Representatives AD HOC committee looking into employment fraud at federal institutions, Mr. Haruna made this statement on Monday.
“Whenever there is new recruitment she (Dankaka) signs, she gives me the means, then I take it to the accountant general before the new minister would be captured,” he said.
Mr. Haruna went on to describe how a certain Shehu personally took 25 job seekers to the federal commission, where each paid between N1 million and N1.5 million.
He claimed that no evidence of financial transactions were ever left behind in his dealings with his boss, noting that he routinely gave Mrs. Dankaka cash.
“The Shehu is the one that brought people, so many people like almost 25 in number. Sometimes one of the job seekers will pay one million, the other will pay 1.5 million all to my personal Ecobank account number. And she would instruct me to give her in cash installment and there was no transfer. I was never involved in selling jobs. I only acted based on instructions, sir,” he added.
Following an altercation between himself and Ms. Dankaka at the federal commission, in which both officials leveled charges and denials of corruption and nepotism against one another, Mr. Haruna made the discovery.
Ms. Dankaka was accused by some FCC commissioners of fabricating a doctor’s appointment to the House in order to avoid testifying before the committee.