Protesting Youth Demand Sack Of Acting Director General of Pencom
Protesters
under the aegis of the Nigerian Youth for Change have besieged the headquarters
of National pension Commission in Abuja demanding the sack of the acting
Director General of the organization, Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar for various acts of
corruption.
The protesters
carried placards with inscription such as Aisha Dahiru-Umar, what kind of
heartless mother are you, stakeholders have lost hope in Pencom and Acting DG
is bleeding Pencom to death.
Coordinator of
the group, Comrade Azubuike Okafor accused the Acting Pencom DG of collecting 2
million naira each from candidates seeking employment into the organization
while cancelling a valid employment process which was initiated before she took
office.
He added that
43 candidates who were issued employment letters after going through the
recruitment process were denied employment by the Acting DG, leading to the
death of one of the candidates who lacked funds to attend to his health.
Speaking
further he said the group had drawn the attention of the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, who he lamented was wrongly briefed
on the situation by the Acting Pencom DG.
He however
insisted that checks at Pencom showed that the 43 candidates were recruited in
accordance to due process.
Efforts to
speak with officials of Pencom who came out to confront the protesters was not
successful as they insisted on not speaking with the press.
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