A
whistleblower sacked for exposing alleged fraud at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in 2016, Ntia Thompson, has been reinstated.
Mr. Thompson, an assistant director in the
Servicom Unit of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA), was
first suspended on December 19, 2016.
He was later disengaged from service on
February 23, 2017, for exposing fraud to the tune of $229,000 and N800,000.
The fraud was alleged to have been committed by
Mohammed Kachallah, the Director-General of DTCA.
The move came just two months after the
Muhammadu Buhari administration, through the Executive Council of the
Federation, approved the whistle-blowing policy, promising full protection and
restitution for any informant against harassment, intimidation or
victimisation.
The case is currently being investigated by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Earlier in March, two civic groups had called
for the reinstatement of the whistleblower.
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