Aisha Dahir-Umar, the director-general of the National
Pension Commission (PenCom), says the commission is ready to open its books for
scrutiny.
There are online reports that some civil society groups have
petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and are ready to
mobilise “mass action” against PenCom over allegations of fraud.
In a statement issued at the weekend, Dahir-Umar said PenCom
is aware of a co-ordinated plan to bring the commission into disrepute “with
frivolous petitions”.
She said it is being done in collaboration with “disgruntled
insiders”.
“These elements, some
of whom are yet to come to terms with the fact that PenCom is no longer at
their beck and call, have been sponsoring negative media reports and getting
faceless groups to write frivolous petitions to the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC),” Dahir-Umar said.
“Although some low-level media outfits are giving a voice to
these defamatory petitions, those who know how we conduct our affairs at PenCom
are not in any way bothered. Since I took over as the DG, we have undertaken
far-reaching reforms within the organisation which are yielding positive
results.”
She said the era of “anything goes” as long “dead and
buried”.
“Those who think they
can use the commission to make money or that they should be the ones calling
the shots are bitterly disappointed and are sponsoring false publications and
trumped-up petitions. We will co-operate fully with the agencies. Our message
to the disgruntled elements today is exactly as it was yesterday: we will not
allow anyone to pilfer pension funds for self-aggrandizement. It will never
happen under my watch,” she said, adding that if PenCom had anything to hide,
“we would have surrendered to the agents of blackmail who have been on our case
since 2017 when I became acting DG”.
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