Not less than 10 out of 26 Directors-General and Heads of Parastatals sacked yesterday by the Presidency may be handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission(ICPC) for investigation.
According to theNation, it was gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari opted to give some of the chief executives the push, following reports of large-scale fraud in their agencies. One of them allegedly spent N200 billion on last year’s Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) presidential campaign while others awarded contracts to cronies.
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.
A source, who confided in TheNation, said: “At least 10 of those sacked chief executives will be handed over to the EFCC and the ICPC. The report on their misconduct is ready for these anti-graft agencies to act upon.
“All security agencies received the list of those affected about 24 hours before the formal announcement. They will all be placed on surveillance until cleared”.
