Published: 2013 April 24 10:29:24 (5294 Views)

Two whistle-blowers have appeared before the Senate in Abuja, Nigeria and admitted paying N250,000 each to secure appointments in the Ministries of Lands and Housing, Information, Works, Trade and Investment, aided principally by staff of the federal agencies.

Mrs. Rose Nkarishor Odey and Idachaba Tijani told the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs that the job-for-sale racket was allegedly spearheaded by a Juliet Egobunor and Simon Odujebe.

The duo claimed to work for the Ministry of Lands and Housing from where they fleeced innocent Nigerians of N250,000 each with the promise of employment in any federal ministry.

Mrs. Odey detailed how the deal was struck at her sister's house, and how for eight months she worked without any salary.

Odey was initially given an employment letter for the Ministry of Information before she was "transferred" to the Trade and Investment Ministry.

The racket blew open when she went for registration in the ministry and it was discovered that she shared the same employment number with two other men! The racketeers then offered her another slot.

That was where the illegal transactions were exposed. All efforts to retrieve her N250,000 have since failed.

Tijani worked for only some months before he was apprehended as a fake member of staff at the Works Ministry.

Quickly, Tijani demanded a refund but has only succeeded in getting N100,000 back from Egobunor and Odujebe.

- Sun News

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