FAAN dismisses staff over N70m furniture allowances fraud

A Level 6 officer of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN (names withheld), has been dismissed by the agency for allegedly diverting N70 million Naira furniture allowances over a period of three years.
The dismissal followed the recommendation of a committee set up by the Managing Director of FAAN, Mr. Saleh Dunoma.
The former staff, who allegedly diverted the said sum between 2013 and 2016, has been given her dismissal letter, though the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, is still investigating the matter.
A source, who does not want to be named, said EFCC was informed of the dismissal of the staff by FAAN.
However, despite easing off the indicted staff, all properties and assets found in her possession by the committee and EFCC during their investi-gation were not confiscated by the management.
The source further said the dismissed staff is still living in the staff quarters of the agency with her husband, who is equally a staff of the agency.
The dismissed staff was said to have threatened to expose all those involved in the fraud if the agency further uses EFCC to harass her.
The fraud was detected by a personnel at the Information and Communications Technology, ICT, Department of the agency.
The Acting General Manager, Corporate Com-munications, FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, confirmed the dismissal but did not speak further on the issue.
According to her, “yes, I can confirm to you that said staff has been dismissed.”