EFCC, ICPC May Go After Sacked DGs

There are strong indications that some of the Director-Generals of federal agencies sacked on Monday by President Muhammadu Buhari have been placed under surveillance of both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

This is because they were alleged to have carried out massive frauds during their reigns and even to when the new government took over power.

In one of the instances reported by The Nation newspaper, a former female DG was said to have donated N700 million to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential campaign in January 2015; furnished an office at N800 million which donor agencies could have supplied at no cost and the construction of a store at N240 million instead of N40 million.

Also, despite her Personal Assistant being remanded in prison over an alleged N17 million bribery, she walked on the streets with pride.

In another case, one of the sacked DGs was said to have acquired a licence for an electronic medium and diverted the sophisticated equipment to the new private outfit after using public funds to procure them.

Also, another former DG of an agency generating about N9 billion internally left on Monday with more than N6billion debts for the body.

A DG of a sensitive agency was alleged to have hidden over N15billion in a secret account in violation of the extant regulations of Treasury Single Account, TSA.

According to the report, no fewer than 10 may be handed over to the anti-graft agencies for investigation and possibly prosecution.

“The agencies under the searchlight of either the EFCC or the ICPC include National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC; National Broadcasting Commission, NBC; Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN; Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE; National Women Development Centre, NWDC; Industrial Training Fund, ITF; Nigerian Investment Promotion Council; Nigeria Export-Import Bank, NEXIM; and Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSIT; among others,” the paper reports.