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Xclusive: Senators Who Voted To Legalise Underage Marriage

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<b>List of senators whose votes helped legalise underage marriage and how it happened (Voting Sheet)</b><br />
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We now know how
senators voted on the constitution amendment bill which caused an uproar in the
senate on Tuesday.<br />
READ: Senate Fails To Get Enough Votes To Deal Blow On Underage Marriage, Backs
Pension For Its Leadership<br />
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The section up for amendment had to do with persons qualified to renounce
Nigerian citizenship. The constitution in Section 29 says anyone of age can do
so. Section 29(4) (b) says that ” any woman who is married shall be deemed to
be of full age.” It means that even a child if married can be seen to be of
full age and as such can renounce citizenship. The committee proposed that that
provision be deleted.<br />
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When it was put to vote, 2/3 of members present voted for it which meant it was
deleted. But, not so fast.<br />
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Enter Senator Ahmed Yerima of Zamfara, the controversial former governor of
Zamfara who tried to stoke religious sentiments. He said it was against Islamic
law. Yerima got married to a teenager a few years ago, and going by the
provision, the girl who is still not 18 cannot be said to be of age.<br />
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Sen. Yerima needs to watch this video: Watch: Genius: Meet The Most Politically
Aware And Lucid 12 Year Old In The World<br />
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He kicked and began to mobilise his fellow Muslims in the Senate and it was
threatening to cause confusion. Despite the senate president, David Mark
insisting that it could no longer be revisited as it had been voted upon,
Yerima continued his objection.<br />
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Due to the sensitive nature, Mark had to call for another vote. At this point
the Senators who were in favour of this clause could no longer muster 2/3 of
the votes that will retain Section 29, Clause 4 (b). Senators still voted 60
votes to 35 votes for the clause to be deleted, but it did not satisfy the 2/3
requirement and so, according to the senate version, “any woman who is married
shall be deemed to be of full age.”<br />
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Thanks to Sen. Babafemi Ojudu (Ekiti Central, ACN), we have the full list of
the senators who voted NO)<br />
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The senators who voted NO, that is those who did not want the clause deleted,
include the following:<br />
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1. Sen. Abdulmumin M. Hassan (Jigawa South West, PDP)<br />
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2. Sen. Abdullahi Danladi (Jigawa North West, PDP)<br />
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3. Sen. Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa West, PDP)<br />
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4. Sen. Ahmed Barata (Adamawa South, PDP)<br />
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5. Sen. Akinyelure Ayo (Ondo Central, Labour Party)<br />
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6. Sen. Alkali Saidu A. (Gombe North, PDP)<br />
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7. Sen. Bagudu Abubakar A. (Kebbi Central, PDP)<br />
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8. Sen. Dahiru Umaru (Sokoto South, PDP)<br />
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9. Sen. Galaudu Isa (Kebbi North, PDP)<br />
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10. Sen. Garba Gamawa (Bauchi North, PDP)<br />
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11. Sen. Danjuma Goje Mohammed (Gombe Central, PDP)<br />
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12. Sen. Gobir Ibrahim (Sokoto East, PDP)<br />
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13. Sen. Gumba Adamu Ibrahim (Bauchi South, PDP)<br />
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14. Sen. Hadi Sirika (Katsina North, CPC)<br />
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15. Sen. Ibrahim Bukar Abba (Yobe East, ANPP)<br />
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16. Sen. Jajere Alkali (Yobe South, ANPP)<br />
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17. Sen. Jibrilla Mohammed (Adamawa North, PDP)<br />
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18. Sen. Kabiru Gaya (Kano South, ANPP)<br />
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19. Sen. Lafiagi Mohammed (Kwara North, PDP)<br />
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20. Sen. Lawan Ahmad (Yobe North, ANPP)<br />
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21. Sen. Maccido Mohammed (Sokoto North, PDP)<br />
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22. Sen. Musa Ibrahim (Niger North, CPC)<br />
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23. Sen. Ndume Mohammed Ali (Borno South, PDP)<br />
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24. Sen. Sadiq A. Yaradua (Katsina Central, CPC)<br />
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25. Sen. Saleh Mohammed (Kaduna Central, CPC)<br />
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26. Sen. Tukur Bello (Adamawa Central, PDP)<br />
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27. Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central, PDP)<br />
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28. Sen. Umar Abubakar (Taraba Central, PDP)<br />
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29. Sen. Usman Abdulaziz (Jigawa North East, PDP)<br />
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30. Sen. Ya’au Sahabi (Zamfara North, PDP)<br />
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31. Sen. Zannah Ahmed (Borno Central, PDP)<br />
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32. Sen. Ahmad Rufai Sani (Zamfara West, ANPP)<br />
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33. Sen. Ahmad Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central, PDP)<br />
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34. Sen. Bello Hayatu Gwano (Kano North, PDP)<br />
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35. Sen. Ibrahim Abu (Katsina South, CPC)<br />
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Some senators did not register to vote, while some abstained.<br />
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After the second voting, Yerima tried to get up to thank the Senate Present and
his colleagues in an attempt to claim victory, he was shouted down and booed.</span></div>
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Xclusive: Senators Who Voted To Legalise Underage Marriage

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Xclusive: $27M Missing In Nigerian Embassy In US

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The Senate on Thursday began an inquest 
into the alleged mismanagement of over $27m proceeds from the sale of 
Federal Government properties by officials of the Nigerian Embassy in 
the United States of America.</div>
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This follows a petition to the President
 of the Senate, David Mark, by a non-governmental organisation, 
Transform Nigeria Movement, praying the Senate to conduct an 
investigation and make its findings known to the public.</div>
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The petition, which was signed by Mr. 
Daniel Elombah, stated that between 2004 and 2007, the Nigerian Embassy 
sold four prime properties of the Federal Government located in 
Washington DC and Maryland.</div>
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The petitioner alleged that the embassy 
also commenced the sale of other properties in San Francisco, California
 within the period.</div>
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Elombah stated in the petition, “Out of 
those sales, Nigeria realised the sum of approximately $27m. All funds 
realised from these sales, except those set aside as fees, were remitted
 to the Embassy of Nigeria in Washington DC.</div>
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“As of June 2007, when the law firm that
 advised the embassy on the sale of the properties met with embassy 
officials at the embassy premises in Washington, all these funds and 
transactions were duly confirmed.”</div>
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The petitioner also alleged that it was 
confirmed that the embassy placed the funds in a special account with 
the M & T Bank in Washington DC and remained in that position after 
Ambassador George Obiozor had returned to Nigeria after completing his 
service in Washington.</div>
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TNM further alleged, “Surprisingly, the 
Embassy of Nigeria left the money in Washington partly because it 
yielded substantial monthly interests, which the embassy officials would
 never have to account for.</div>
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“Those funds remained in those accounts 
throughout the tenure of Ambassador Oluwole Rotimi; then arrived 
Ambassador Adebowale Adefuye in Washington. When Adefuye got to 
Washington, those funds were still lodged in the M & T Bank account 
intact.</div>
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“Between the time Adefuye became the 
ambassador until March of 2012, the millions in the accounts 
mysteriously disappeared. This became clear when M&T Bank was forced
 to close the accounts of the Nigerian Embassy and to terminate all 
banking relations with the embassy at the beginning of 2012.”</div>
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The petition had a cover note by the 
Chief of Staff to the President of the Senate, Anthony Manzo, urging the
 Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs to treat it.</div>
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Upon the receipt of the petition, the 
committee summoned Obiozor; Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations, Ambassador Joy Ogwu; and Adefuye.</div>
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The Chairman of the committee, Senator 
Matthew Nwagwu, while addressing the ambassadors on the purpose of the 
investigation, said it was to unravel the mystery surrounding the 
management of the funds.</div>
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He said, “We have invited you because of
 an allegation of embezzlement in our mission in Washington, 
particularly the sale of property in the US. It was alleged that the 
proceeds of the sales have been squandered by certain officials.</div>
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“Our job here is to give you a chance to
 address the committee and tell us what you know about the property 
sale, management and administration of the accounts, while you were in 
office. The committee has got a petition and we are not taking it on its
 face value; we want to give the ambassadors opportunities to explain 
their own roles.</div>
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“We are not a court of law, we are not 
going on a trial, we are doing this for posterity and to keep the 
records straight, and I am sure most of you will be happy that we have 
invited you to have the opportunity to clarify the matter.”</div>
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The committee decided that it would 
conduct the investigative hearing behind closed doors, taking the 
ambassadors separately and promised to brief the press on its findings 
after the hearing.</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/27m-missing-in-nigerian-embassy-in-us/" target="_blank">Punch</a> </div>

Xclusive: $27M Missing In Nigerian Embassy In US

The Senate on Thursday began an inquest into the alleged mismanagement of over $27m proceeds from the sale of Federal Government proper...

9:46 am

Xclusive: You Cannot Separate My Office From That Of The Presidency, Patience Jonathan Tells Critics

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Wife
 of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, has berated those 
describing her office as unconstitutional, saying it cannot be separated
 from the Presidency.</div>
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The
 First Lady, who was speaking through her media aide, Ayo Oshinlu, was 
reacting to a newspaper editorial yesterday that criticised her for 
speaking from a podium that carried the nation’s official seal two years
 ago.</div>
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The
 President’s wife who drew similarities between her office and that of 
the American First Lady, Michelle Obama, said she derives her 
constitutionality from the Presidency and has responsibilities to 
discharge, whether ceremonial or official, in order to “smoothen the 
operations of the president and the Presidency”.</div>
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Xclusive: You Cannot Separate My Office From That Of The Presidency, Patience Jonathan Tells Critics

Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dame Patience, has berated those describing her office as unconstitutional, saying it cannot be se...

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Xclusive: "If Your Friend Smiles At You, You Too Will Smile At Him", Senate Rejects £3,000 UK Bond Policy, Threatens Reciprocation

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The Senate says Nigeria will not accept the visa regime proposed by the United Kingdom seeking to compel Nigerian visitors to <a href="http://nigeriafilms.com/news/22270/17/if-your-friend-smiles-at-you-you-too-will-smile-at.html#" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Click to Continue > by Browse to Save">deposit</a> £3,000 bond before travelling there.<br /><br />The
 Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, Sen. Matthew Nwagwu said
 this in Abuja on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria
 (NAN).<br /><br />Nwagwu said Nigeria would take reciprocal action against 
British citizens once it received formal notification of the policy from
 the UK immigration authorities.<br /><br />He pledged that the Senate would
 deploy necessary legislative action to ensure that Nigerian immigration
 authorities embarked on action commensurate with the ``obnoxious’’ UK 
policy.<br /><br />Nwagwu said that Nigeria was still awaiting a formal communication from the UK Government on the new visa policy.<br /><br />He
 said: ``When they inform us officially on this policy, we will respond 
to them officially. We will not accept it if Nigeria is branded among 
the countries they are targeting.<br /><br />``Reciprocity implies that, for
 example, if the UK government imposes this obnoxious policy on 
Nigerians, Nigeria also has the right to find a way to reply.<br /><br />``If
 your friend smiles at you, you too will smile at him. If he frowns at 
you, or decides not to love you anymore, it is up to you to decide how 
you will respond to him.<br /><br />``Normally, if Nigeria is threatened in a
 shady way and are excluded from a country, then, Nigeria must find a 
way to respond. It is up to the Government to decide”.<br /><br />Nwagwu called on Nigerian government to make effort to find out the rationale for the policy.<br /><br />The
 chairman also urged Nigerians who planned to travel to UK, to seek 
alternative destinations to fulfill their purpose for such trip.<br /><br />He said: ``If the policy comes into effect, it is left for Nigerians also to begin to find alternative travel destinations.<br /><br />``If somebody tells you not to go to his place again for any reason, you don’t have to impose yourself on him.<br /><br />``So, Nigerians should think whether it is worthwhile to go to <a href="http://nigeriafilms.com/news/22270/17/if-your-friend-smiles-at-you-you-too-will-smile-at.html#" id="_GPLITA_1" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Click to Continue > by Browse to Save">deposit</a> £3,000 to enable them visit the UK.’’<br /><br />He
 said in spite of the security challenge in some parts of the north, 
Nigeria was generally peaceful with many foreigners, including Britons, 
going about their normal businesses without harassment.<br /><br />According
 to him, the current situation makes it necessary for Nigeria to review 
its relations with Britain, a country he says was expected to assist the
 country to deal with its problems.<br /><br />``You have to look at your friend properly to know whether he is the friend you know or not.<br /><br />He
 said that Britain should understand Nigeria properly with a view to 
helping the country solve its problems in whatever way it could.<br /><br />Sen.
 Chris Anyanwu (APGA-Imo) described the proposed policy as ``extremely 
offensive’’, especially coming from a country that has strong historical
 links with Nigeria.<br /><br />She said Nigeria had every reason to respond emphatically to the “unfriendly policy.”<br /><br />``This
 is an extreme and offending action and it is rather surprising that it 
is coming from Britain that has a very special relationship with 
Nigeria.<br /><br />``The onus lies on Nigeria to respond. We have to find 
ways of protesting perhaps by reducing patronage against things brought 
from Britain.<br /><br />Sen. Magnus Abe (PDP-Rivers) said Nigeria had 
forwarded a message to the British High Commissioner, that Nigerians 
would not accept such a “discriminatory policy.<br /><br />``As a country, 
we would be opposed to anything that is discriminatory to Nigerians and I
 have sent that message to the High Commission.<br /><br />``All Nigerians should let Britain know that that kind of policy is unacceptable,’’ Abe stressed. (NAN)<br /><strong></strong>

Xclusive: "If Your Friend Smiles At You, You Too Will Smile At Him", Senate Rejects £3,000 UK Bond Policy, Threatens Reciprocation

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Xclusive: “I Have Two Daughters Who Are Unemployed” – Nasir el-Rufai

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Ex-Federal Capital Territory minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has 
revealed that his daughters, who both have Masters Degrees are unable to
 get jobs despite his connections.<br /><br />On Thursday while delivering a
 lecture at the Sixth Annual Alao Aka-Bashorun Lecture, organised by the
 Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch, he lamented the spate of 
unemployment in the country.<br /><br />“Forty-two per cent of Nigerian youths are unemployed,” he said.<br /><br />“I
 have two daughters with Masters Degrees and they are unemployed. They 
have been at home for more than a year and I cannot get a job for them.<br /><br />“We
 are sitting on a demographic time bomb and unless we have visionary 
leaders that are able to plan for the future, we will have a huge 
problem.”<br /><br />According to reports, the former minister, whose 
lecture was entitled Impunity, Injustice and Insecurity: What Role for 
the Law,’ said Nigeria needed to create three million jobs yearly to 
tackle its <a href="http://nigeriafilms.com/news/21789/52/i-have-two-daughters-who-are-unemployed-nasir-el-r.html#" id="_GPLITA_0" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="Click to Continue > by Browse to Save">employment</a> problem instead  the Nigerian government is spending N2bn daily on security.

Xclusive: “I Have Two Daughters Who Are Unemployed” – Nasir el-Rufai

Ex-Federal Capital Territory minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has revealed that his daughters, who both have Masters Degrees are unable t...

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Xclusive: Job-For-Sale Scandal: We Paid N250,000 Each For Govt Jobs –Victims

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Two whistle-blowers appeared before the Senate in Abuja yesterday and
 admitted paying N250,000 each to secure appointments in the Ministries 
of Lands and Housing, Information, Works, Trade and Investment, aided 
principally by staff of the federal agencies.<br />
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Mrs. Rose Nkarishor Odey and Idachaba Tijani told the 
Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs 
that the job-for-sale racket was being allegedly spearheaded by one 
Juliet Egobunor and Simon Odujebe.<br />
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The duo claimed to work for the Ministry of Lands and Housing from 
where they fleeced nnocent Nigerians of N250,000 each with the promise 
of employment in any federal ministry.<br />
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In the letter before the committee, titled: Petition against Juliet 
Egobunor and Simon Odujebe for issuing me fake appointment letter for 
N250,000, dated March 25, 2013, Odey tendered an Offer of Temporary 
Appointment letter purportedly issued on the letter head of the Federal 
Civil Service Commission, dated September 5, 2007 with Ref No: 
FC.7000/C.4261/19. The said appointment letter, a copy of which  was 
obtained by Daily Sun, signed by one Ahmed S. Dantanko offered Odey, 
whose address was stated as 16, Bolarinwa Street, Molete, Ibadan, Oyo 
State, was appointed as Administrative Officer II on salary Grade Level 
08, Step 02 which is N164,272.00 per annum.<br />
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Odey’s appointment, as with many others in various ministries, was 
equally captured in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the 
Federation Gazette Section of October 18, 2011.<br />
<br />

Besides, Odey attached a circular, which allegedly emanated from the 
Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office in the Office of the Head 
of the Civil Service of the Federation marked: HCSF/PSO/002/S.I/Tiii of 
January 25,2012 which “approved the posting of 
newly-appointed/transferred Administrative Officers into the Federal 
Civil Service as in the attached format…<br />
<br />

“The postings are with immediate effect and all officers are to 
report not later than Friday, February 2012.” One Mrs. Kehinde Ajoni, 
Permanent Secretary (CMO), reportedly signed the circular on behalf of 
the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.<br />
<br />

But Odey admitted before the committee yesterday that she was given 
the appointment in April, 2012 and could not explain why the  letter 
given her by Juliet read September, 2007. In her testimony before the 
committee, an obviously Mrs. Odey carefully detailed how the deal was 
struck in the house of her sister, Martina, and how for eight months she
 worked without any salary.<br />
<br />

Odey was initially given an employment letter for the Ministry of 
Information before she was “transferred” to the Trade and Investment 
Ministry. That was where the illegal transactions were exposed. All 
efforts to retrieve her N250,000 has since failed.<br />
<br />

The racket blew open when she went for registration in the ministry 
and it was discovered that she shared the same employment number with 
two other men! The racketeers then offered her another slot.<br />

Tijani was not so lucky. He worked for only some months before he was apprehended as a fake staff of the Works Ministry.<br />
<br />

Quickly, Tijani demanded a refund but has only succeeded in getting N100,000 back from Egobunor and Odujebe.<br />
<br />

When it was his turn to testify , Tijani, who wore white buba and 
sokoto and for the most part of the confession kept his head bowed, 
re-echoed the employment story of Mrs. Odey.<br />
<br />

He was, however, lucky because he has, so far, managed to evade 
arrest and was also able to retrieve N100,000 from the N250,000 he paid 
to the job racketeers.<br />
<br />

Tijani’s words: “I met Egobunor who I offered N250,000 for 
employment. After that, I was posted to the Ministry of Works in April 
2012 and my appointment letter was duly signed. From there, I was posted
 to a department in the ministry.<br />
<br />

“On May 30, I was apprehended because the documents regarding my 
appointment were fake and I was asked where the documents were from. I 
cooperated fully with them and told them who gave me the appointment 
letter.<br />
<br />

“I was thereafter taken to the Ministry of Lands and Housing to 
confront Juliet but before we got there, she had left office. I was 
asked to go for that day and report back the following day but I didn’t 
go back as asked, because I was afraid of being arrested.<br />
<br />

“Somehow, I met Egobunor and demanded for a refund and she sent me to
 Simon Odujebe who told me categorically that a refund was not easy but 
instead, offered to take me to a new ministry. I refused that offer and 
we ended up bargaining for how much to get back from the initial 
N250,000 I had paid. I was offered 60 per cent of the N250,000, but I 
demanded for 80 per cent instead because I just wanted my money at that 
point. In November, I was given N100,000 and I was supposed to have been
 reimbursed another N50,000 which I have not got till date. Odujebe sent
 a text message to me, promising to refund the N50,000 and the message 
is still in my phone as I speak before you…<br />
<br />

“That is why I came here with my petition, hoping that something will be done…”<br />
<br />

On cross-examination from the co-Chairman of the committee, Senator 
Wilson Ake, how he, Tijani, came about the appointment letter which read
 2007 instead of 2012, Tijani replied: “I don’t know why they gave me an
 appointment letter reading 2007 when I was employed in April 2012… I 
don’t know why they did all these because I have no experience in civil 
service. I cannot explain the discrepancies.”<br />
<br />

Ake asked Tijani whether he signed any acknowledgement letter from the ministry on his employment to which he simply said: No.<br />
<br />

He said that Egobunor only gave him some letters purportedly for his employment.<br />
<br />

In attendance was the Deaconess Tolani Ayo, Chairman of the Federal 
Civil Service Commission (FCSC), who asked for time to investigate the 
authenticity of the letter cum circular bandied by Mrs. Odey.<br />
<br />

The Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta-led joint committee demanded the FCSC 
chairman return today with more evidence. The public hearing continues 
today.<br />

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