IPPIS desk officer admits collecting money from job seekers on behalf of FCC Chairman

<p>Kolo said said some of those who came to seek jobs in the commission paid between N1 million and N5 million naira, depending on the MDAs.</p>, <span>A former staff member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mr Haruna Kolo, Radio Nigeria</span>, <h2>A former staff member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mr Haruna Kolo, has alleged that job seekers paid millions of naira into his personal account for remission to the commission’s Chairman, Mrs Farida Dankaka.</h2>, <p>Kolo said this on Monday in Abuja at the resumed investigative hearing of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing job racketeering in federal ministries, departments and agencies of government.</p>, <p>The committee is also probing the alleged mismanagement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information (IPPIS) in MDAs.</p>, <p>Kolo said he usually approached the Point of Sale (POS) agents to collect the money in cash to deliver to the chairman.</p>, <p>He further said that Dankaka appointed him as her Chief Protocol, while he was working in FCC.</p>, <p>Kolo, who now works with the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), said that he saw the allegation against him, regarding job racketeering in the media.</p>, <p>He said some of those who came to seek jobs in the commission paid between N1 million and N5 million naira, depending on the MDAs.</p>, <p>He denied having been involved in job racketeering, alleging that he only acted on the instruction of Dankaka, who was allegedly receiving the money in cash.</p>, <p>According to him, she often gave me verbal instructions in respect of people paying for jobs and lodgment after the collection of the agreed amount.</p>, <p>“The money is always sent to my account, which I subsequently cashed and send to her in cash,” he said.</p>, <p>Kolo said his redeployment to AMCON was with the knowledge of the chairman of the commission.</p>, <p>“My going to AMCON was her personal favour to me and others that left FCC at the time,” he said.</p>, <p>He, however, accused the chairm