Govt Official Openly Admits Collecting Bribe For Jobs And Paying To FCC Chairman (Video)

A former Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) desk officer, Haruna Kolo has openly admitted to collecting bribes in exchange for promises of jobs on behalf of the embattled  Federal Character Commission (FCC) chairman, Farida Dankaka.

Kolo made the revelation on Monday when he appeared before the House of Representative ad-Hoc committee investigating federal ministries, departments and agencies, parastatals, and tertiary institutions on mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) over the allegation of collecting money from job seekers.

The IPPIS official revealed that he collected over N75 million through his personal Eco Bank account and paid it in cash to the FCC Chairman in several installments based on the instruction from her.

Mr Kolo added that he resigned from FCC on the 2nd of November 2022 to begin work at Asset Management Cooperation of Nigeria (AMCON) but he still received salary from FCC on two occasions which he claimed he reported to the FCC Human Resource officer but was told it was not an issue and that it would be handled.

He said, “When she came to Federal Character as the executive Chairman, she appointed me as a protocol officer which I carried out my duty diligently.

“On the allegations of job racketeering, the FCC Chairman instructed me to liaise with one Mr Shehu who is a personal driver and PA to the Taraba state commissioner. As a desk officer, am responsible to take whoever is employed to IPPIS for capturing no one can go there without a letter from the Chairman or Human Resource officer of FCC.

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

“Shehu is the one that brought those who paid monies to my account for job, some paid 1million others 1.5 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.

“On the allegation of working at 7 places, I was never at any time involved in 7jobs, they are making the allegation based on assumption.”

My Life Is Under Threat

Responding to another allegation about working at AMCON, Kolo said the FCC chairman engineered it herself but is now angry with him because her own biological sister who is over fifty years old was rejected by the same organization.

He said if anything happens to him, Dankaka should be held responsible as his life is being threatened even at gunpoint.

“The second allegation on my subsequent employment at AMCON was a result of her personal favour to me, we were 4 in number, and she gave the appointment letter to myself Kadijah, and Olushola, we all proceeded for an interview at AMCON headquarters in Abuja after which we were called upon for training on the 16th January 2023, after the training, I and Olushola were called to Lagos. Unfortunately, Kadijah who is the Chairman’s biological sister was rejected, The Chairman accused me of being responsible for her rejection.

“I see no reason why the Chairperson will make allegations of such magnitude to my humble self. I have been threatened even at gunpoint and had to leave Abuja.

“Sir I want this committee to know that after this sitting if anything happens to me the FCC chairperson should be held responsible, ” Kolo added.

See video.

FCC Chairman Reacts

The FCC chairman who was also on seat during the hearing however refuted the allegations against her. She said never in her life had she given such an order.

See her response.

House Of Reps Responds

In response, the chairman of the House of Reps committee Yusuf Gagdi said all stakeholders would be allowed to have their say, the matter would be investigated without bias and the guilty would face the wrath of the law.

“This committee will not sit down and watch taxpayers money being embezzled but this committee too will be very careful in indicting futures of people just as Osun was talking. I said in the speech I read I didn’t see the relationship between selling this and selling that. I was very clear. I know why we were asking Kolo to give us evidence and we know why we were deferring this sitting for other witnesses that are alleged to have had financial dealings with Federal Character.

“Federal Character thank you for coming, Kolo appear 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.

“See Haruna Kolo, I am not saying anything will happen to you but by law you are not supposed to leave here without being arrested. For a civil servant that has thirty-something million in his account that admitted publicly that you are serving as a front to aid corruption. So I am quiet, I think and I don’t want to take you up on that because we don’t want to be seen to be sentimental. We want to as much possible protect you to get evidence against you and against others.

“God will save you and God will save us all. Nothing will happen to you because anybody that wants to harm you knows that if they harm you we have to suspect. So nothing is going to harm you. Thank you Federal Character. Nothing should happen to Kolo, that is our ruling.

“Federal Character we have resolved. Wait, please sit down, no commissioner should address the press. Don’t preempt our investigation. Federal Character please allow us to do justice, including the Chairman, Secretary, nobody from Federal Character should address the press on the pending investigation.,” Gagdi submitted.

The committee thereafter adjourned sitting to tomorrow the 8th of August 2023.