Prison Officers Accuse CG of Hijacking Salaries

No fewer than 2,000 prison officers have accused the Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Ahmed Ja’afaru, of diverting part of their salaries, using the service’s micro finance bank.

But the Controller-General who dismissed the allegation as funny and laughable said it has no iota of truth because he does not control the micro finance bank which has a board of directors.

According to the disgruntled prison officers, Ja’afaru has a secret account where money meant for staff salaries are kept.

Some of the prison warders who spoke with LEADERSHIP on condition of anonymity, apparently for fear of sanction by the prison authority, lamented that many of their colleagues in far Northern states like Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, among others had been involved in ghastly motor accidents while plying roads to the prisons micro finance bank in Kaduna which covers all the commands and zones in the North.
Leadership, 3 August, 2017

 

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