The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has commenced investigation on a petition it received from the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee, Yusuf Gagdi, regarding job racketeering.
The anti-corruption graft disclosed this in a statement released on Friday, September 1 by its spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, stressing that it also received a petition from Premium Times, an online newspaper.
According to the petition, “The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has commenced investigation into petitions received from Premium Times and Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Ad-Hoc Committee on the Investigation of Job Racketeering and Gross Mismanagement in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, over bribery allegations against the probe panel.”
The House of Representatives had earlier issued a warrant for the arrest of a former desk officer at the Federal Character Commission, Haruna Kolo.
Also, the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Federal Universities earlier denied paying money to bribe members of the House Committee investigating the job racketeering in Ministries Departments and Agencies.
The Vice Chancellors at a panel hearing on Friday noted that they paid money into a particular account in order to get some foreign currencies needed for their travel.
The Vice-Chancellor, the University of Jos, Prof. Ishaya Tanko, who spoke on behalf of the vice-chancellors when they appeared before the committee, said the money that was sent by some vice-chancellors was meant for foreign exchange for them to attend an international workshop organised for them in Birmingham, the United Kingdom beginning from Tuesday, September 5.
Tanko mentioned, “During our last meeting, we requested for two weeks because some of the universities did not come with some of the documents required from them.
“But we read the very disturbing media publication and I can say that the vice-chancellors are not part of that. The vice-chancellors have not provided any bribe to anybody
