N122 million Fraud: Without providing evidence, NCC says culpable officials 'sanctioned'
Nigeria, April 1 -- The Nigerian Communications Commission on Tuesday said appropriate sanctions had been meted to the officials enmeshed in a N122 million fraud "as set out in the NCC Staff Handbook."
The commission's statement was in response to a PREMIUM TIMES' exclusive reported on Monday on how two officials, Yakubu Gontor, head of the finance department, and Philip Eretan, former head of the internal audit department, in 2019 received N122 million fraudulently as allowances for trips they never made. Mr Gontor, according to sources, received a total of N54 million as accruable allowances for official trips he never made, while Mr Eretan collected N68 million.
In its response to the report, the NCC did not state the nature of the s...
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