August 10, (THEWILL) – The House of Representatives has issued a warrant of Arrest on a former desk officer in charge of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Haruna Kolo, over job racketeering allegations.
Chairman of the Adhoc Committee, investigating mismanagement of personnel recruitment, employment racketeering and other related matters, Yusuf Gagdi, issued the warrant on Thursday, in Abuja.
Kolo, who is now a staff of the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), appeared before the Committee on July 7, over allegations of job racketeering.
He had admitted to collecting money for employment on behalf of the Chairman of the Commission, Farida Dankaka, during his appearance.
Kolo had also expressed fear for his safety as he said that Dankaka should be held responsible if anything happened to him.
Consequently, he had failed to honour invitation of the committee to appear in subsequent hearings on July 8 and and 9.
But the chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi, on Thursday, said a warrant of arrest would be issued against Kolo, added that he would be brought in by the security agencies.
The chairman also decried the attitude of some MDAs for avoiding the probe, adding that there would be sanctioned henceforth for any agency that failed to honour the invitation of the committee.
“We have made our position very clear and we have resolved to further communicate through newspaper for these agencies to make sure they have cause appearance before this committee.
“We are going to make our position very public in various dailies and televisions stations beginning from tomorrow giving agencies the last warning that they should appear before this committee on Monday.
“All our witnesses that we have equally asked them to be here are going to appear before us on Aug 14 and 15 in continuation to this hearing”, he said.
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