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How we sold job slots, raked in millions of naira – FG official confesses

A civil servant, Haruna Kolo, on Monday, revealed to a house of representatives’ probe panel that he sold job slots to some unemployed persons and made millions from the illegal act.

Kolo said he was merely fronting for the chairperson of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Muheeba Dankaka. As the then protocol officer to Dankaka, Kolo said he acted under instruction from her.

He said, “On the allegations of job racketeering, the FCC Chairman instructed me to liaise with one Mr Shehu, who is a personal driver and Personal Assistant to the Taraba State Commissioner.

“As a desk officer, I was responsible to take whoever was employed to IPPIS for capturing. No one could go there without a letter from the Chairman or Human Resource Officer of the FCC.

“When she came, she wrote a letter to the Accountant General of the Federation, instructing that no letter from the FCC should be honoured except she signs the letter. So, whenever there was new employment, she signs, gives to me and I take it to the Accountant General’s office for capturing.

“Shehu is the one that brought those who paid money to my account for job, some paid N1m, others N1.5m, all to my personal account, my Ecobank account. She asked me to give cash to her, which I did through POS. So, there is no evidence of transfer or anything.”

Kolo said they made N75m from job racketeering at a point and he delivered the money to Dankaka by hand. After hearing from Kolo,  the probe committee adjourned till Tuesday to take on more witnesses.

 

 

 

 

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