The Acting Provost of the College of Education {Technical}, Gusau, Dr. Ahmed Bello has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for fraud by a Zamfara State High Court.
Dr. Ahmed was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for collecting illegal allowances from the institution. He was accused of collecting double Duty Tour Allowance from the college for an official trip to attend a board meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, while also collecting an equal amount as DTA from JAMB, including sitting allowances, all totaling N385, 000.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by ICPC’s Resident Consultant, Folu Olamiti on Tuesday.
The anti graft agency warned public servants to desist from the practice of collecting double DTA from their agencies and receiving or demanding same in cash or facilities, adding that they should desist from conferring undue advantage on themselves while attending meetings or on monitoring duties.
Olamiti said in the statement that: “Public servants should learn from the conviction of Dr. Shallah Ahmed. He was accused of having collected DTA from the college for an official trip to attend a board meeting of JAMB while also collecting an equal amount as DTA from JAMB, including sitting allowances; all totalling N385,000.00.”
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