Muheeba Dankaka, Chairperson Federal Character Commission (FCC), has raised serious allegations against the commission.
She said the commission was like a marketplace for selling job slots before she assumed office.
She lamented that an attempt to stop the alleged corruption pitched her against some commissioners.
Politics Nigeria reports that Dankaka made the revelation during the week while appearing before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee.
The committee is investigating alleged job racketeering and abuse of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) by Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs).
The chairperson who appeared with some of the commissioners was accused of alleged job racketeering and abuse of extant laws and the FCC establishment Act by some of the commissioners tagged ‘Integrity Group’.
In her defence, she said:
“Before I came here, I have made my name. I have made my money. Let me tell you a small story. Some of them (commissioners) have reasons why they are attacking me.
“When I first came in, most of them were my close people. All of them were always in my office, but what they wanted me to do, I told them I cannot do it.
“I am a very quiet person and I keep certain secrets as executive chairman. I have to swallow certain things and leave everything in the hands of God. Before I came to this place, they were selling (job) slots.
“The place was like a market. And you can find out from the people living in Abuja if I am lying.
“When I came in, I met all the commissioners and told them I don’t want anything that will destroy me and my family. All of them can bear me witness.”
The chairperson alleged that a commissioner bought a landed property and promised the seller to pay for it with job slots, but she thwarted the plan.
