Job Racketeering: We Have Petitions Against 39 MDAs – Reps

• The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating alleged job racketeering by MDAs has received petitions from 39 MDAs.
• The committee will engage over 600 MDAs to investigate the extent of malfeasance in the federal civil service.

The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating alleged job racketeering by Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) has received petitions from 39 MDAs alleging job racketeering and other violations.

Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, Chairman of the Committee, stated this in his opening remarks at the Committee’s resumed sitting on Monday.

The House established the committee to investigate the alleged mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by MDAs, parastatals, and tertiary institutions.

The Federal Character Commission (FCC), Office of the Head of Service, Budget Office, IPPIS, Federal Civil Service Commission, and others, according to Gagdi, are among the MDAs.

The chairman stated that, in accordance with its mandate, the committee would engage over 600 MDAs to investigate the extent of malfeasance in the federal civil service.

Remember that at the committee’s last meeting on Wednesday, there were allegations and counter-allegations about job racketeering between the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Muheeba Dankaka, and some commissioners.

Over 2,000 Nigerian girls stranded in Mali – NAPTIP

According to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), they have received information indicating that more than 2,000 trafficked Nigerian girls are currently stuck in Mali.

NAPTIP’s Benin Zone Commander, Nduka Nwanwene, revealed this during the 2023 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons event in Benin.

Additionally, the agency has intelligence suggesting that girls from Mali are being trafficked to Edo State for prostitution, aligning with the event’s theme, “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind.”

He said, “We just gathered intelligence that traffickers are bringing in young girls from Mali to Benin for prostitution; we are investigating. But many Nigerians, especially young girls, are stranded in Mali; over 20,000 Nigerian girls are stranded in Mali.