Group petitions EFCC over alleged graft in TETfund


A Civil Society Organization, Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged graft in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund).

It dragged the Executive Secretary of the fund, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, before the anti-graft commission alleging abuse of office and improper contract award.

The group led by its Executive Director, Comrade Olufemi Lawson, in a petition submitted on Tuesday at the Lagos Office of the EFCC, called for thorough investigation of its allegations.

A copy of the petition, he said, has been sent to President Muhammadu Buhari, Minister of Education, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions, its House of Representatives counterpart, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Bankers’ Committee of Nigeria and the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS).