On behalf of myself, family and the entire Adamawa Central Zone, I wish to convey our sincere condolences to the Governor of Adamawa State over the loss of his father Alhaji Umaru Badami. May Allah shower His endless blessings upon the soul of the deceased.
Congratulations to Distinguished Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed @aishabinani on your victory. You contested "alone". Allah's Khair. May HE make it easy for you.
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We are a petition-writing society. We have no qualms about making allegations WE KNOW to be baseless against people just trying their best to serve their country. In the eyes of the mob, you are guilty of every accusation. Still, it is a privilege to serve your country. End!
That’s how I was able to work. Some people still demanded that I should “step aside pending investigations”, for something that happened YEARS before I was appointed. They were thankfully ignored. That is who we are as a people. That is just a tiny part of what it takes to serve.
At a point, I pointed out to them the futility of inviting me every month. I kukuma gave them space in my office where all the files that relate to that disengagement process were kept. Anytime they get a new petition, they just come and read the relevant files.
It turns out that some people had petitioned ICPC that I had refused to reinstate them because I had been bribed by their former Ministries. One even said I was from Yobe and I was protecting the Head of Service because we were from the same state. I showed ICPC all the files.
The invitation is usually vague. It just asks you to appear at the ICPC office at 10am in respect of an allegation of fraud that they are investigation. Even if you have done nothing wrong, you don’t know what your staff may have done. As Accounting Officer, you are responsible.
Of course I looked through the files and wrote back that they had collected their money and signed absolving the government of any claims, and that the appeal period was over anyway. I then started getting monthly invitations to ICPC. The first one can be quite disconcerting.
Anyone who had a grievance should go to court. FIVE YEARS LATER, I was appointed DG BPSR. I then started getting letters from people asking to be reinstated, EIGHT YEARS after collecting their money and signing a declaration that they had no further claims against the government.
Government allowed a period for appeals, in case anyone was victimized or wrongly dealt with. Some appeals were successful and some people were recalled. Others were paid compensation. After the appeal period, govt issued a circular that it won’t entertain any more appeals.