Saturday, 23 November 2024

HOW GBAJABIAMILA, OTHERS LOOT BILLIONS FROM NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION, PETITION ALLEGES

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Economy

The Director-General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC), Lanre Gbajabiamila, the Board chairman, and its directors, have been accused of monumental fraud, abuse of office, massive corruption, and unlawful diversion of public funds.

 

A letter asking for the resignation of the Director-General, dated June 22, 2020, signed by Director of Research and Evaluation of the Global Integrity Crusade Network,  Henry Onyilo, alleged that from the Audit Report for 2017, out of the N512, 186, 175, 09 as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), only a paltry N78, 535, 350, was remitted to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).

Copies of the letter titled ‘Demand for Your Immediate Resignation’ were made available to the Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs minister, ICPC, the EFCC, Chairman Governing Board of the NLRC, and the Code of Conduct Bureau.
 

According to the letter, an Internal Audit Examination at the NLRC for December 2017, shows that the procurement unit carried out activities worth only N763, 380 but the vouchers presented before for audit stated that procurement activities were above N250,000,000.

The anti-corruption body also alleged that the Audit Report for 2018 revealed that the DG paid his Personal Assistant and Special Assistant, over N500,000 each as wages. The Personal Assistant, on July 18, 2018, also allegedly received N250,000 as Duty Tour Allowance to Lagos and another N 1.5 million for oversight functions to state offices. On December 4 2018, the assistant allegedly received N672,500 as DTA to visit Lagos Owerri, Imo State.

 

The letter also alleged that on July 24, 2018, Board chairman, Alhaji Fatai Ibikunle received N1.95 million for ‘induction program’ via payment voucher NLRC/ACCT/OC/644/18. On August 16, 2018, Ibikunle allegedly received N1.73 million for a Board General meeting held within the premises of the Commission. And on August 20, 2018, “ a sum total totaling about N8 million was paid into personal accounts of the Board chairman and other members namely; Hon. Waziri Boniface, Salam Abdulbasit, Abubakar Rajab,  and Otunba Bode Ogunleye as traveling expenses.
 

These payments were captured in NLRC/ACCT/OC/699/18, NLRC/ACCT/700/18, NLRC/ACCT/OC/701/18, NLRC/ACCT/OC/703/18.

The Anti-corruption network which accused the DG of contract splitting also alleged that the Commission has lost over N39 million in 2017 “through arranged waiver in favor of Mobicards International Limited. The company paid N50 million out of its total indebtedness to the NLRC being N89 million”.
 
 
Gbajabilamila, a brother of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, did not respond to calls to his phone number when Pointblanknews.com made attempts to reach him.

 

Kindly find the attached file for more detail

DEMAND FOR YOUR IMMEDIATELY RESIGNATION

 

 

 

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