Anti-Corruption War; Young Professionals Commend NEMA DG

Engr Mustapha Maihaja

The United Young Professionals has commended the the Director General of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Engr Mustapha Maihaja for promoting the anti-corruption crusade of President Buhari in NEMA.

In a press release in Abuja on Friday, the National Coordinator of the United Young Professionals, Adewole Kehinde particularly commended the Director General for upholding the suspension of officials that misappropriated sums totaling over a Billion Naira belonging to NEMA.

"It takes a man of integrity to expose such highly networked corruption under his agencies without fear or favour; some other DGs would have cooperated with the officials to loot the agency dried at the mercies of Nigerians especially those in the IDPs, Adewole said.

It will be recalled that that the affected persons, in league with a former Director General of NEMA have formed an alliance with certain already identified House Committee members and illegally procured and stole various papers from NEMA files in their bid to exonerate themselves and challenge their suspension, claiming they were innocent whistleblowers being victimized by the board.

"We call on the House of Representatives Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness to be honourable in their sitting as investigation by our members is indicating that some members of the Committee are making an attempt to protect the suspended directors in an unwholesome deal.

Adewole further called on the Presidency to urgently take actions on the report submitted to it which has shown the enormity of the crimes committed by the officials which comprised misappropriation of public funds, frivolous claims of personal emoluments and conspiracy with the other officials to short-change the Federal Government of due revenues, among others.

We are fully in support of the suspension of the NEMA officials which will enable the EFCC carry out full investigations as their reinstatement will surely tamper with evidence in the process of due investigation by EFCC, the statement concluded.