Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, The chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, shocked officials of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday with the revelation of how the pension reform task team caught a high ranking civil servant in the pension unit at the office of the Head of Service with of N2 billion stashed in his private residence.
The Head of Pension Reform Task Team while updating officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission at the ICPC national headquarters on the progress by the team in recovering looted pension funds, disclosing that the team had recovered the total sum of N151 billion meant to have been looted by officials responsible managing the pension funds.
Mr. Maina also narrated how another civil servant was caught with ’a pile of dollars’ in his house.
He emphasized that some government officials had over the years been involved in senseless looting of the pension arrears of helpless retirees, many of whom had died while many others were stricken with ailments arising from denial of their pensions by government officials.
He said the offenders had been arrested and were already undergoing the process of prosecution.
He added that those arrested so far had had the properties they bought with looted funds, including private buildings, offices, hotels, shopping malls, confiscated by the Federal Government.
According to him, the team, in conjunction with the EFCC, had traced and recovered a total of N35 billion and another N15 billion worth of properties from the “very few corrupt government officials in the office of the Head of Service, Pension Department.“
The acting chairman of ICPC, Ekpo Nta, expressed happiness at the activities of the Reform Team.
Mr. Ekpo vowed to ensure that anyone found culpable of mismanaging the pension arrears would not go free, just as he said ICPC would like to bring the outcome of the intervention by the Reform Task Team to the public domain.
God save our nation. We habor lots of criminals in our environment
Ha!ori iya mi which kind country b dis self,no wonder my grandma have nt been payed over 10yrs pession now..bt is dis life nd dis pple dey pray make den retire also..
God help us I hope security angencies wl handle d isue acordingly!God help us I blv my late father,s pention ariees dt dey deny us 4 go 8years nw is wt dos criminals
Its a pity.
The quation is will this people be brought to justice? If yes, name them, if no remember that after death comes judgment. God bless Nigeria
Allah ya isa
Enough of telling us about corrupt govt. officials. Please their names should be mentioned ‘cos no names were mentioned.
Lucky him he stole N2b and will prolly bag himself a six months jail term that he’ll prob spend at home. Useless people, why withhold his name? Name and shame him abeg. We all know what the outcome will be
I have always said if we in nigeria want to combat corruption, we clean the civil servants. They are the weevil that destroy our collective savings.
What kind of corrupt country is dis? What is d difference between u as a leader nd those crimminal on d road with guns? Pls mr presented wht are u still wating for hey pls call out there names for justics to take place. The poor masses are dying of hunger nd here are those thiefs take wht does nt belongs to them. May God help us.
people’s money.
The problem is the Government has not been sincere in the struggle against corruption. This person should be publicly disgraced, brought down to nothing and jailed for years. Such treatment would surely deterred the others but, why would the people in government make such rule afterall, they could fall a victim tomorrow.
The problem is that the Government has not been sincere in the struggle against corruption. This person should be publicly disgraced, brought down to nothing and jailed for years. Such treatment would surely deterred the others but, why would the people in government make such rule afterall, they could fall a victim tomorrow.
Were ar we headin to money dat is meant for pensioneers may Allah help this country Ameen
Corruption is our greatest problem. We need an efficient government to fight corruption.
Wat hapened 2 t.balogun, cecelia ibru, akinbola? Pls stop foolin us.
Dis set of people are liable to death sentence, bcos of people dey ad killed with their wickedness by refusing to pay their pension. let d God of isreal descend upon then without mercy and justify them like the stubborn egyptians. amen
The sweat of retieries,the blood of those who die due to delay in payment of pension,those who are bed ridden due to pension issue,GOD hear our prayer deliver nigeria.the saying goes that is in the blood of every nigerian(CORRUPTION) GOD. IT HAS NEVER BEEN OUR PORTION and never can it be our potion in JESUS name.GOD all we need is “JUSTICE“
HE DIDNT COMMIT THE ALONE’ WHERE ARE HIS COLLABORATORS? WHAT OF ARMY PENSION SCHEME’ ARE NOT PAYING THE POOR MEN THAT HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR YEARS, HOW I WISH I HAVE THE POWERS TO BE ABACHA AGAIN, SO MANY SHOULD HAVE REGRET BEEN A NIGERIAN. THIS IS SENSELESS. GOVERNMENT SHOULD SET UP TASK FORCE IN ALL AREA OF THEIR ACTIVITIES.
Wat a wicked world! Please after recovery publish there names and offices with their state of origins, LGA’s and communities, so that these greedy heartless people even after their punishments should be made 2 realities of life in their villages. Let there be no plea bargain as it use to b wit other thieves after bribing their investigators.
Every wrongdoer shall be repaid for his acts…there is no respect of persons with God.
What is really happening? If nothing is done that is how it will continue u who is hiding them u are among them. He that buy theaft goods is a theaf. And body that take dead person properties i thing u’ll die. God’ll save us
Do we have to go the Ghana way to rid Nigeria of corruption/corrupt leaders and restore the glory of our fatherland?
Oh!is major to major.
They should stop fooling us we all know dat nottin is happening after sum weeks case will be forgotten about. I pray God help dis country Amen
Chineke!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep 2b naira 4 house. The man get mind oh. Abeg name the man name make the ‘bokoit’ tidy ’em f*** up joh
EFCC pls leave him alone,he trying 2 take his pension b4 his retirement as every gov official is doing.
Thousands of pensioners died in d course pension saga,may Almighty curse d looters.
Its a pity.
dis country na wawo na only god go save us
Dis set of greedy people no get consciense & dey no fear GOD,Have they forgoten ABACHA so soon.
The 2 billion naira cash on his house was just his change to play with.He is not along,they have no industry yet they have fleet of cars and landed properties.
we have a lot of dem in dis country, our Govt should rise up to reality and bring all of them out by names
But i think the question we should ask this fool is that where are they taking this money to? are they forget the fact that no one leave forever?….what happen to M.K.O Abiola, Abacha, Pres, Yah’Dua?????….this people highly need brain test…ooooooooo.
But i think the question we should ask this fools is that where are they taking this money to? have they forget the fact that no one live forever?….what happen to M.K.O Abiola, Abacha, Pres, Yah’Dua……..with others men with their big amount of Naira?????…how many children and family does this fools have and want to feed that make them committed an everlasting sin against their creator and peoples …abi what are they stealing this public money for? .this people highly need brain test…ooooooooo.
Shameless and unpatriotric people.
sound so sweet to tell us.plz try and tell us how these people where prosecuted and what the recovered money was used for because before u know it, it will be like bankole and the former intercontinental bank md whos cases are still in court.
Wot kind of country ar we leaving in.I swear shame they catch
The issue is this, Nigerian leaders and office holders have sold their souls to the devil. At this level, Only God can come to the rescue of this nation by visiting their wickedness. Only the devil will steal from the poor and withold what is due to thousands of people! Surprisingly these thieves are deacons in churches or imams and malams in the mosques!
I am convince that the only solution to the over all problem of our great nation is when nigerians would be bold enough 2 fight for the libration of this country….Revolution is the solution….
trash.ur all decievers including you the writer.Are them nameless?Go tell that story to erectus not us.My late father died as a result of this.The govt is corrupt at all level and they use you the press to accomplish their plans.Fuck u all lng live boko haram
your all decievers including you the writer.Are them nameless?Go tell that story to erectus not us.My late father died as a result of this.The govt is corrupt at all level and they use you the press to accomplish their plans.Fuck u all lng live boko haram
Why shuld people be surprised about this little token? Nigerian citizens are not readily informed about the lootings going in this country. #2b is a chicken change to those who made looting their professional careers. Even those people investigating and those who are prosecuting are highly corrupt officials that’s why we don’t get a reasonable results at the end of the whole dramas. None, and I repeat, none of our govt officials is looting free. Those who came into the office newly and discovered what is going on and cannot join them, they push those people out of the office and alleged them with one allegations or the other to make sure they never come back to the officie. Look at how innocent citizens are dying of hunger and starvation everyday, people dying in the hospital for lack of medical treatments, people getting frustrated in their little businesses due to the mess they usually made our economy to look. The youths of the country are wasting without been useful to the land where they came out from. Any country who have no jobs for it’s citizens especially the youths, is bound to fail without remedy. Every govt officials especially those in higher positions ranging from the presidency to the ward councillors are highly corrupt and deserves to die by hanging. People say “GOD HELP US” God had already helped us by making those things we have 2day available to us. He cannot physically put those things in our mouths for consumption we are the ones to harness them.
The book of Eccl 8:11.says becos sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.If govt want dis evil to stop they should deal with them without mercy as example to the rest evil corrupt civil servants.
God hv mercy on nigeria.so why people are dying bcos their pension,some pple hv d mind to use it to buy house,hotel,cars nd shopping malls.it’s a pity bt why are their names nt mentioned?may d blood of those who died bcos of nt receiving their pension never allow u criminals to rest.amen.GOD PLS HV MERCY ON OUR COUNTRY NIGERIA COS I KNW THEY WILL BRIBE D INVESTIGATORS
I swear if justice didn’t take its place in dis case ,d blood of those who bcos of nt receiving their pension nd d tears of those starving,frustrated nd sick wil never allow u fools,criminals to rest even in death
publish thier names, convict dem 2 life in prisonment, confiscate all thier properties and money shld b given 2 poor pensioniers.
Was it Paper Scrip as in Bills Of Credit you know Fiat Paper from a Central Bank ? If it was It’s NOT Money that would all be FAKE representations of Money. Paper is NOT Money … Paper is the Illusion of Money
Oga ICPC, abeg play ur card well. no look EFCC; dey don de fuck up!
2015 is around the corner… Let’s keep our primordial sentiments and vote the only Last Man standing and see how Corruption will be Mercilessly dealt with… GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI