The investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Adhoc Committee on Federal Character Commission job racketeering allegations resumed this Wednesday with Some Federal Commissioners accusing the chairman of the Commission, Muheeda Dankaka of selling slots to job seekers in dollars in various ministries, department and agencies of government.
The commissioners who made the allegations while making presentations before the committee also alleged that Dankaka, in connivance with some MDAs, collects a 10 percent payment for every job offered.
The commissioners also fingered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in their presentation, alleging that the Commission’s Chairman worked in connivance with the former chairman of the anti graft agency, Abdulrasheed Bawa to stop their petition written against Dankaka on job racketeering.
While providing details of account numbers and bank statements used in collecting payments from job seekers, the commissioners named Dankaka’s sister as one of the mastermind of the job racketeering scheme.
Even Dankaka’s son was not spared in the barrage of allegations, the commissioners revealed how the chairman has been moving her son from one government agency to another with the latest been a transfer from the Nigerian Communication Commission to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Regulatory Commission.
The woman in the eye of the storm, Muheeda Dankaka, while reacting to these allegations, said corruption was fighting back.
Dankaka told the committee that before she came into office in July 2020, all the commissioners were selling jobs, saying her refusal to compromise spurred their anger against her.
She denied involvement in any job racketeering scheme, accusing the commissioners of sponsoring a campaign of calumny both in the mainstream and social media against her.
Chairman of the adhoc Committee, Yusuf Gagdi, promised that the committee will do justice to the investigation as the House of Representatives will not be part of politics of any agency but queried why documents relating to the activities of the commission in terms of employment would be missing.
Some of the commissioners who appeared at the hearing include: Abdulrasaq Adeoye, representing Osun State, James Dan’iya, representing Kwara State, Abdulwasiu Bawa-Allah, representing Lagos State, Moses Anaughe, representing Delta State, and Mamman Alakayi, representing Nasarawa state.
