The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has reacted to allegation that its Acting Chairman, Ibrahim
Magu, allegedly diverted N702million meant for 13-month salaries of new operatives.
EFCC was accused of failing to
pay the entitlements of Cadet Officers who recently completed their training at
the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA.
Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media
& Publicity, in a statement on Friday, said no salaries of any group of
employees of the Commission were diverted.
He noted: “The idea of diversion
of salaries of newly recruited cadet officer may well be part of a plot to
incite impressionable young officers to mutiny against the Commission’s
leadership. It is important to state that the Commission as a law enforcement
agency has established protocols and regulations on the administration of
emolument to all cadres of staff.
“Cadet Officers in training are
entitled to allowances and this was duly paid to not only the Detective
Superintendent Course 7 officers who completed their training on May 11, but to
officers of Detective Inspector and Detective Assistant cadre who completed
their trainings much earlier. By the EFCC regulations, these officers are not
entitled to any 28 days allowance during training and the mandatory one year
internship after training.
“As a result of this policy, the
Commission maintains transit camps in all its offices where officers on
internship are accommodated. It is equally mischievous to alleged that “Magu
has unanimously (sic) resolved not to pay officers their June 2018 salary, as
other staff of the Commission have been paid”. While it is true that officers
of the DS Course 7 are yet to receive their June Salary, the delay was caused by
the simple fact that they were not enrolled into the Integrated Payroll and
Personnel Information System, IPPIS, early enough to collect their June Salary.
They have since been enrolled and would be paid their entitlement.
“Equally false is the claim that
Police Officers on secondment are being owed salaries of between five and seven
months. Police officers attached to the Commission are paid by their mother
agency, the Nigeria Police. What they collect from the EFCC is the differential
between their police pay and the salary of officers of equivalent rank in the
EFCC. This differential unfortunately has not been paid to a few officers
because the funds come from a separate platform from the Federal Ministry of
Finance.
“Perhaps the most ridiculous of
the allegations is the claim that the Commission illegally diverted funds of
the EFCC Staff Cooperative Society to finance the construction of its new head
office. This is preposterous against the obvious fact that funds were
appropriated for the project by the National Assembly. The Commission has no
need for cooperative money to build its offices.
“The challenge being experienced
by members of staff in accessing loans from the Cooperative arose from the
dwindling resources available to the Society. This was caused by the
Commission’s recent migration to the IPPIS platform which is configured to
accept only statutory deductions, consequently monthly receipts by the
Cooperative dropped. But it is a temporary disruption, which is already being
addressed by the Finance and Account Department of the Commission.”
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