CURRENT FRAUDS IN NIGERIA AVIATION INDUSTRY FAAN

Stakeholders in the aviation industry had held over the decision of the federal Airport authority of Nigeria to set up an audit team to investigate the financial transaction in account and commercial department of the agency. These followed an alleged discovery of seventy million frauds by one of the accounting officers currently being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

According to reporter of the incident who said that the alleged seventy million frauds had said to be detected by the information and communication technology department earlier in the year and reported, the accused is female of  level 6 account officer said to have diverted registry funds in to different accounts of some staff and others using fictitious fate, according to Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the management set up a committee which investigated a major suspect and company of others involved in the fraud.

The major suspect according to the committee reports, confessed that some of the money was sent to abroad accounts while the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) is currently investigating the matter; Ex-services Senior Staff Association FAAN branch COMRADE DANJIMA AHMED and the second national President MRS. CICILIA LINTA said the few weight of the law should be applied on anyone found culpable. According to COMRADE DANJIMA AHMED, he said that this kind of problem is not allowed in the society because a lot of people’s allowances are involved in carted away funds and as a result it has affected FAAN financially in settling debt and allowances of the staff. And also MRS. CICILIA LINTA said that whoever that is involved in the crime should be prosecuted accordingly as the law specified.

COMERADE DERAZAT IDO one of the Union leaders in the sector said development was rather unfortunate and called for the ordered of the aviation agency to unravel similar cases. According to COMERADE DERAZAT IDO who specified that what was disclosed is illegal to what had been evidence to every staff going on in the aviation industry, and also said that EFCC are doing a good work in the industry to thrash out hiding issues to the evidence of every staff to see the situation of the crime.

Also in Aviation security outfit GOOD CAPTAIN JOHN OJUKWU said the recent fraud is a tip of an eyes berg, and therefore asked government to critically look at the revenue apparatus of the agencies. According to GOOD CAPTAIN JOHN OJUKWU he said that they should look into the demanding on packaging passenger’s luggage before flight, particularly for international flight where they collect $50 dollars for each passenger, and he said imagine what that will yield for two million passengers annually to those staff.

The management of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said the objective of the audit is to block all loopholes in revenue sources and ensured that all the funds generated are captured and accounted for by the management. As the accused officer is currently on suspension, the management said it hope the EFCC have unraveled the details of the frauds, punish those involved and welcome management for restore and recurrence.

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