He criticised states in Nigeria that employed and paid foreigners five times higher than their Nigerian counterparts.
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The House said the appointment was a flagrant disregard of the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
It was gathered that 20 Commissioners of the FCC had accused the Chairman of the Commission of abuse of office and fraud in a petition written to the Senate Committee.
Twenty out of the 37 commissioners wrote a petition against Dankaka, accusing her of carrying out a secret recruitment and giving majority slots to her kinsmen from Kwara.
In a statement in Abuja on Monday by his Special Assistant on Media, Isa Mohammed, Senator Lawan gave the charge when the Executive Chairman of FCC, Dr. Muheebbat Dankaka, and other members of the Commission paid him a courtesy visit
Omo-Agege, who is the Chairman of the Senate Panel on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, made this known at the first meeting of the Ad hoc Committee after its inauguration on February 12, 2020.
This followed the resolution of the FCC Board to audit nominal rolls of MDAs to ascertain their level of compliance with the principle of federal character pursuant to Section 4(2)(3)&(4) of FCC Act.
Gbajabiamila said though her being in office could be termed a political appointment, it was imperative for the chairman to stay off politics in all her dealings, adding that it is a very “sensitive office”.
The state party Chairman, Eze Nwachukwu, made the clarification at a news conference on Wednesday in Abakalik
The Chairman of the Committee on Federal Character, Senator Danjuma La’ah, levelled the accusation in an interview with newsmen
The National Chairman Pro-Nigeria Elders Council said it isn’t entirely strange for heads of security architecture to remain in office longer than expected as the US and other top nations have adopted this strategy at different times to quell insurgency
Adamu Idris, spokesman of the Commission, announced this in a statement on Monday in Abuja
The former Special Assistant to former Governor Segun Oni of Ekiti State was reportedly killed at a football viewing centre during the opening 2018-2019 Premier League fixture between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford
Malam Nura Abdullahi, the Coordinator of FCC in Jigawa, dismissed the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Wednesday.
The Acting Chairman of the FCC, Dr. Shettima Bukar Abba, levelled the allegation on Thursday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs during a budget defence session
Abba told a meeting of Federal and State MDAs in Jos, Plateau State that the commission was aware that its guideline had not been adhered to in recruitment of junior staff in their catchment areas.
At a workshop organised for Desk Officers of Ministries, Agencies and Departments on its usage, the acting Executive Chairman of the commission, Dr. Shettima Abba, said it would also ensure a fair balance in employment across MDAs.
Agbakoba said none of the persons appointed to fill the nine positions is from the states that make up the South East geopolitical zone
The Minister issued the challenge in Abuja on Friday when he received some officials of the Commission, led by its Secretary, Mallam Mahmoud Bello Tukur, on a courtesy visit to his office.
The minister gave the challenge in Abuja on Friday when he received top officials of the commission, led by its Secretary, Malam Mahmoud Tukur, on a courtesy visit to his office.