EFCC probes sacked TETFund boss
- The EFCC is said to have started probing the activities of the former Tertiary Education Trust Fund, executive secretary, Abdullahi Baffa
- Baffa has reportedly alleged that he was sacked over his refusal to give bribe to minister of education, Adamu Adamu
- Ex-TETFund boss, however, has also denied the statement credited to him
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has started looking into the recently sacked executive secretary of (TETFund), Abdullahi Bichi Baffa, over allegations of corruption while he led the agency.
EFCC team is said to have assigned the task of investigating the merits of the petition it got about August 2018, from the Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), Daily Trust reports.
The team in its investigation might get to the stage where it invites Baffa and the petitioners over allegations of abuse of office and breaching TETfund establishment rules while in office.
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CPA, a Civil Society Organization in its petition signed by Executive Secretary Olufemi Lawson accused Baffa of improper contract award, among others, allegations that Baffa had denied.
The group stated that the copies of the allegations were sent to President Buhari, minister of education, minister of justice and attorney general of the federation.
The group claimed that Baffa violated the provisions of the laws guiding the operation of TETfund.
CPA also alleged that Baffa issued instruction to public owned universities to reserve 20 percent of all contracts on the intervention fund provided to them by TETFund for “stakeholders”.
The petition read: “We strongly believe that these “Stakeholders” are none other than Abdullahi Baffa himself, his cronies and immediate family, many of whom he has used as fronts, in executing the numerous illegal contract being awarded to several higher institutions in clear violation of laid down procedures.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Abdullahi Baffa, the sacked executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, denied claims in media report that he was forced out of office for refusing to provide monetary kickbacks to the minister of education, Adamu Adamu.
Baffa had made the disclosure on Wednesday, January 23, during an interview on BBC Hausa. However, in another report, denied the claim and Premium Times had denied the claim. They said it was due to error in translation.
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President Muhammadu Buhari had sacked Baffa and replaced him with Suleiman Bogoro, who had earlier been sacked from the same position in 2016. No reason was given for Baffa's removal from office.
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