Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) Farida Dankaka has been accused of “selling jobs” in dollars in federal ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).
Some commissioners made the allegations during a probe by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating MDAs and parastatals and tertiary institutions on employment racketeering.
The commissioners who made the allegations are Abdulrasaq Adeoye (Osun) James Dan’iya (Kwara), Abdulwasiu Bawa-Allah (Lagos), Moses Anaughe (Delta), Mamman Alakayi (Nasarawa) among others.
The commissioners also alleged that Dankaka connived with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop a petition written against her on job racketeering by the commissioners.
“We petitioned the EFCC to investigate her but to our dismay nothing has been done.
“Job seekers pay as low as N750, 000 and as high as N 7 million depending on the MDAs where the jobs are being sought.
“The money from the various accounts are transferred into the main account in Access Bank,” they said.
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The commissioners alleged that the chairman often moved her son from one lucrative agency to another.
Reacting to the allegations, Dankaka said, “I did not come to make money, but to serve my fatherland, what some of them are looking for is money. Before I came here, I had made my money, some of them have their reasons for attacking me.
“For instance, Osun commissioner is always in my office, what they are accusing me of is not true.”
Dankaka said before she came into office in July 2020, all the commissioners were selling jobs, adding that her refusal to join the fray spurred their anger against her.
Chairman of the ad hoc committee Gagdi Yusuf wondered why documents related to the commission’s employment history have disappeared.
