Dr. Bello Ahmed, the Acting
Head of the College of Education (Technical) has been sentenced to five years in
Prison in Zamfara State High Court in Gusau for collecting illegal allowance
from the institution.
The Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission had arraigned Ahmed for
collecting double Duty Tour Allowance from the college for an official trip to
attend a board meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, while
also collecting an equal amount as DTA from JAMB, including sitting allowances,
all totalling N385,000.00.
This was contained in a
statement signed by the ICPC Resident Consultant, Mr. Folu Olamiti, on Tuesday.
The ICPC warned public
servants to desist from collecting double DTA from their agencies and also
receiving or demanding same in cash or facilities.
The ICPC said the warning
was necessary after it secured the conviction of Ahmed at the High Court of
Justice, Gusau.
The ICPC warned public
servants to desist from conferring unfair advantage on themselves when
attending meetings or during monitoring duties.
The anti-graft commission
said such an abuse was punishable under Section 19 of the ICPC Act, 2000. The
section states that, “Any public officer who uses his office or position to
gratify or confer any corrupt or unfair advantage upon himself or associate of
the public officer or any public officer shall be guilty of an offence and
shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment of five years without option of
fine.”
The ICPC, Olamiti stated,
gave the warning because it learnt that many public servants collected double DTA from their agencies and
also received or demand same in cash or facilities from the agencies being
visited.
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