The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday, interrogated former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over alleged job scam while in office.
Ngige is facing accusation of being involved in malpractices, in the award of contracts at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), during his time as minister.
The NSITF is supervised by the federal ministry of labour and employment – which Ngige was in charge of for eight years.
The NSITF has been plagued with a number of corruption allegations over the years.
In January 2023, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned Adebayo Aderibigbe, a former General Manager and Head of Legal Services of the NSITF, over alleged fraud.
Aderibigbe was accused of obtaining the sum of N60,400,000 by false pretence.
According to TheCable, Demola Bakare, spokesperson of ICPC, revealed on Thursday, that the former minister is “assisting” the commission with an investigation.
Bakare said the former governor of Anambra State was not detained by the anti-graft agency.
“He was not arrested, he was not detained. He is helping us out with the investigation,” the spokesperson said.
“He is assisting in the investigation, but he was not detained.”
