The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has arraigned four more officials of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation over alleged abuse of office and mismanagement of over N500m.
The Director-General of the NTDC, Mrs. Sally Mbanefo, was alleged to have, among others, misused N52,014,821 released to the corporation as capital budget from March to July 2014. The arrested NTDC officials were granted an administrative bail and “are cooperating with the ICPC operatives.”
The ICPC Head of Enlightenment, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said, “I have confirmed that investigations are ongoing and that is the best I can tell you. When we conclude investigations, we will take our findings to the Legal Department and if there is a case, we will proceed to court to file the charges. When the charges are filed, they become public property.”
An invitation letter by the acting Head of Special Investigations in ICPC, H.M. Hassan, to Mbanefo directed her to release the Head of Administration and Personnel and the Director of Finance to assist the commission in the investigation of a petition relating to the violation of the ICPC Act 2000.
Both officials were told to produce the list of the NTDC’s employees as of December 2014 as well as the “personnel files of all members of staff employed under the leadership of Mrs. Sally Mbanefo as Director-General” and money received from the government.
The anti-graft body also demanded the budget and file containing major contracts awarded and executed in 2013 and 2014.
