Written by Onye Nkegi
Friday, 19 June 2009
Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) is currently immersed in a ragging controversy over the list of personnel contained in the Council’s year 2007 Consolidated Payroll. Sources within the organization informed elendureports.com that the management of the council had embarked on a fraudulent misrepresentation to the Council’s supervising Ministry; the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, on the staff strength of the council and had adopted the misrepresented staff strength to fleece the Federal Government of over 104 million Naira since January 2007 till date.
Staff of the organization who spoke to this medium on condition of anonymity claim that the Council Registrar; Dr Maddo in collaboration with the Accountant; Dr. Hilary Ibe foisted the inflated staff list on the Ministry of Agriculture wherein they claimed that the Council has 75 personnel majority of whom are senior staff. A list of the presently employed staff of the organization shows that the Council has only 23 personnel on its employ. Out of this figure, less than 10 % are in the senior staff category with the rest as Senior Secondary School Certificate holders and Ordinary National Degree holders are predominantly junior staff.
Our source stated that the Council Management had been frustrating all attempts made to invite the supervising ministry to conduct a proper head count to expose the ongoing fraud and had also used the illegally acquired funds to fatten their investments in real estate in the Federal Capital City .
Accusing fingers were also pointed at Dr. Maddo and Dr. Ibe over the colossal amount which the council had spent in the ongoing construction of the Council’s Headquarters. It was alleged that both principal officers had cornered every contract in the Council using companies run on their behalves by their agents. They are said to have awarded all contracts relating to the building to their companies.
Specifically, the staffs of the council are irked about the insatiable love for money that the duo expressed in the hijacking of cleaning services in the establishment. They allegedly pay themselves millions monthly on cleaning services at the headquarters which ordinarily would take less than 10% of the amount to maintain.
Some of the employees also accused the management of high handedness in their efforts to acquire the quarters which were allocated to them. They alleged that they were prevented by the duo from acquiring the Council’s quarters in the recent sales of Federal Government Houses in the Federal Capital Territory . They also alleged that the blocks meant for the expansion of the Council’s quarters at Kubwa; a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory were criminally converted to private properties by the Council’s Accountant with the tacit support of the Registrar.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was reported to have commenced investigation of the allegations.
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