A former IPPIS desk officer at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Haruna Kolo, has admitted to collecting money from people in exchange for jobs at the Commission.
Kolo told the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating mismanagement of the IPPIS that he collected over 75 million naira from people on the instruction of the FCC chairperson, Farida Dankaka.
He said that Dankaka instructed him to collect the money to his personal Ecobank account and then pay it to her in cash, adding that he did this at several meetings at her house.
Kolo also said that he was still receiving salary from the FCC after he resigned from the Commission in November 2022. According to him, he reported this to the FCC’s Human Resources officer but was told that it was not an issue.
In response to Kolo’s testimony, the chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, said that the committee would not sit down and watch taxpayers’ money being embezzled.
The committee adjourned the hearing to today, Tuesday.
