SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, (THEWILL) – The Kano Public Complaints and anti-corruption Commission, on Monday stated that the foreign scholarship awarded to indigenes of the state under the administration of former governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is a scam.
Speaking with newsmen in Kano, the Executive Chairman of the commission, Alhaji Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, said, “the entire process orchestrated by the last regime was a network of fraud, and want yo say without fear of contradiction was a scam.
“It was an organized racket, a number of Rabiu Kwankwaso’s former appointee were involved in a scam that neatly knitted and hung on the ministries and parastatals.”
Gado said that ”we have a case at hand where the former commissioner of health, Dr. Labaran Yusuf, and his permanent Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim were allegedly involved in an kickbacks to the tune of $650,000, remitted through a third party”.
He disclosed that an unnamed suspect that was arrested in an Egyptian airport with $200,000 implicated the duo.
“From the available evidence at our disposal, there are some people who are directly or indirectly benefitting from these fund here in Kano and are making frantic efforts to ensure status quo is maintained to cover their atrocities,” he said.
Gado explained that following the monumental corruption associated with the foreign scholarship, he had advised government to immediately stop the foreign scholarship programme.
He disclosed that the Commission has equally involved Interpol in the course of its investigation, as he maintained that fund been siphoned the program was enough to pay a combined Kano students studying at various institutions of learning across Nigeria.
The Kano anti-graft commission chairman advocated the Egyptian model of revolution to strengthen the fight against corruption in Nigeria.
“We need a judicial revolution to strengthened our anti corruption fight in Nigeria, the more reasons why we must adopt Egyptian model to elevate the fight to next level,“ he said.
