The Federal Character Commission, (FCC), has said that former Nigerian Senate President, Adolphus Wabara was denied a job placement simply because the request was not within its mandate.
This statement is coming in reaction to Wabara’s recent claims that the FCC had denied job placements for individuals in his constituency because he refused to ‘grease palms’.
The former lawmaker had claimed that efforts made to secure employment for his people were foiled by some persons in the FCC over his refusal to “drop any money.”
“You won’t believe that up till now nothing has been done for the simple reason that I have not dropped any money and that they cannot even ask me to drop money.” Wabara had alleged.
However, the Spokesperson of FCC, Dr Chuks Okoli had reacted to Wabara’s claims, clarifying that the FCC Executive Chairman, Dr Muheeba Dankaka, had in March 2023, told Wabara during his visit that the commission was not a recruitment agency.
The Commission further challenged Wabara to prove his claims, urging the public to disregard his claims of a “bribe for FCC job slot,” stating that the Executive Chairman had strictly adhered to the principles of Federal Character in the recruitment since taking office.
What They’re Saying
“For this weighty allegation, it will be appreciated if His Excellency, the former Senate President can mention the name(s) of the person(s) that asked him to pay a bribe to enable him to secure FCC job slots for his children and grandchildren or substantiate his allegation.
“The general public is hereby asked and encouraged to disregard this unsubstantiated allegation of ‘bribe for FCC Job slot’ made by former distinguished Senator Adolphus Wabara.
“The Executive Chairman, since she assumed office, has been very strict in the application of Federal Character principle in staff recruitment by the MDAs.”
