CSO decries ‘undue silence’ over ex-NiMET DG’s probe by EFCC, ICPC

A civil society organization, Coalition to Save Education in Nigeria (COSEN), has decried silence by the anti-graft agencies over corruption allegations against a former Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMET, Prof. Sani Abubakar-Mashi. COSEN’s Director of Operations, Kamsi Ezenwa, in a statement on Tuesday, lamented that despite several petitions by concerned Nigerians, the Economic […]

A civil society organization, Coalition to Save Education in Nigeria (COSEN), has decried silence by the anti-graft agencies over corruption allegations against a former Director-General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMET, Prof. Sani Abubakar-Mashi.

COSEN’s Director of Operations, Kamsi Ezenwa, in a statement on Tuesday, lamented that despite several petitions by concerned Nigerians, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Independent Corrupt Practices (and Related Matters) Commission (ICPC), were yet to take action on the former DG.

COSEN expressed dismay that almost four years after his sack, and despite what it described as “tons of evidence” against him, Mr Mashi has not been made to account for what the group insisted were “several, serious allegations” against him.

It therefore called on the two anti-corruption bodies to “do the needful and ensure that within the shortest possible time cases against Prof. Mashi are given the full attention that they deserve and the law is allowed to take its course.”