Job Racketeering: FCC Commissioner refutes allegations of selling job slots
By Tom Okpe
Commissioner, representing Nasarawa State in the Federal Character Commission, (FCC) Mamman Alakai has refuted allegation that he collected millions of Naira through his Personal Assistant, (PA) selling job slots to applicants in the state describing the allegation baseless.
Alakai in his presentation before the House of Representatives Ad’hoc Committee, investigating Job Racketeering in the Civil Service in Abuja on Wednesday, said he had never, and will never engage in illegality no matter the financial gain.
Chairman of the Committee; Investigative Employment, racketeering by Ministries Departments, Agencies and Mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, (IPPIS) Rep Yusuf Gagdi emphasized readiness of the Committee to go extra mile, ensuring that the mandates given them are carried out.
Recall that some victims of job buying, Musa Ibrahim and Abdulraman Yasou had appeared before the lawmakers on Monday this week.
At their appearance, the victims alleged that they parted with millions of Naira to the Commissioner through his personal driver to get employment slots in the Federal Character Commission.
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But Alakai in his swift reaction told the lawmakers that he had to inform the police who immediately wades in, when his name was portrayed in bad light over allegation of job racketeering.
The Committee also took oral testimonies from many witnesses such as Badamasi Jalo, Abdulaziz Azara, Musa Ibrahim and two other victims of employment racketeering by the former Desk Officer of the FCC, currently working with Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, (AMCOM) Abdullahi Kolo.
Those who testified before the House probe panel included Jalo, who claimed that Kolo collected N1.2 Million from him for IPPIS capturing and asked him to look for other persons to be employed in another agency.
In their final submission, the lawmakers maintained that all those invited must appear before the Committee to enable them tidy up their assignment.
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