Job Racketeering: Reps demand nominal analysis, staff representation of Institute

By Christiana Ekpa

The House of Representatives ad-hoc committee probing the alleged job racketeering and gross mismanagement in federal ministries, department and agencies (MDAs) has demanded that the National Institute for Sport provide its nominal analysis of staff representation and reappear on Monday for further interrogation.
Chairman of the House ad-hoc committee, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi gave the ruling on Thursday in Abuja following some discrepancies on job recruitment as observed in documents presented by the Sport institute.
Hon. Gagdi questioned the Institute Director General on why Oyo state where he came from recruited six staff from the 22 recruitment slot meant for the 36 states of the federation.
Earlier, Director General of the National Sports Institute, Prof. Olawale Moronkola while making his presentation said in 2023 the institute recruited 22 staff.
According to Prof. Moronkola, as at 2015 we have staff strength of 137 in 2023 our staff strength now is 151, in 2017 we recruited 7, in 2019 we recruited 20 and in 2023 we recruited 23.
Meanwhile, the National Institute of Technology Acquisition and Innovation who also appeared at the hearing while defending recruitment so far made said in 2018 it was given approval based on the number of personnel required.
Director General of the institute, Dr Ahmed Ibrahim said the institute required more than 30 senior staff to be employed but at the end of it only 23 approval was given to it..
The waiver of that approval and names of the staff, state and local government, where they come from were all contained the document submitted to the committee, he said.
He said between 2015 till date, the institute have employed only 45 staff.