The ex-aide alleged that Mrs Dankaka set up a job racketeering ring, collecting money from job seekers and remitting it to the chairperson.
Haruna Kolo, an ex-aide to the Chairperson of the Federal Character Commission, Muheeba Dankaka, has confessed to selling federal employment slots to job seekers at the directives of his former boss.ad hoc committee investigating job racketeering at ministries, departments and agencies .
“Shehu is the one that brought those who paid monies to my account for the job, some paid N1 million others N1.5 million all to my personal account, my Eco bank account. She asked me to give cash to her which I did through POS so there is no evidence of transfer or anything,” he said.Mr Kolo said the chairperson compensated him, alongside three others, with a job at the Asset Management Company of Nigeria for the assignments he carried out.
Mr Kolo also claimed that his life is under threat, and urged the committee to hold Ms Dankaka responsible if anything happened to him. Some commissioners had alleged that Mrs Dankaka has been demanding a percentage of employment slots from MDAs though she denied the claim, stating that it was a case of “corruption fighting back”.
“Federal Character, thank you for coming. Kolo appears here tomorrow. We are calling the other witnesses. We will allow you to do your work. Whosever that is found wanting will answer his father’s name, including Kolo Haruna.
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