Two fraudsters in DSS’s net over extortion

The National Social Investment Programme says two fraudsters have been arrested and handed over to the Department of State Security Service (DSS) in Yola, in Adamawa.

Its Focal Person, Mr Usman Sali, told the The Nation reporter on Wednesday in Yola that the suspects were arrested for allegedly extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public.

The National Social Investments Programmes (NSIP) was established by the Federal Government in 2016 to tackle poverty and hunger in the country.

Components of the programme include: N-Power, Conditional Cash Transfer, Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF) and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP).

According to Sali, some undesirable elements in the state are going round impersonating as supervision officers of the programme and extorting money from people to recruit them into the programme.

The Nation, October 24, 2018

 

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