Npower: Federal Government Lifts Restriction On The Accounts Of Npower Staffs
According to Npower News, the Federal Government of Nigeria has lifted restrictions placed on the bank accounts of staffs of Npower working at the Npower situation room. Reports have it that in late February a post-no-debit order was placed on bank accounts of the Npower staffs working in the situation room, following investigation of Betta Edu the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, as well as interdicted Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Hajiya Halima Shehu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
While the Npower staff had accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of taking the action, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said the accusation was false, saying: “All these contract staff of Npower; we have no business with them.
“Only those that were indicted in the investigation that we are conducting, those are the people that we have their accounts suspended.” One of the Npower situation room staff, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, had said: “We are all aggrieved over the ongoing investigation that has made innocent persons victims by freezing the accounts of mere contract staff that worked all through the year from May 2023 – December 2023, without any form of payment of salaries.
“The last payment that was made was in April 2023 till a few days after Christmas when they managed to pay the backlogs of eight months (May to December) to the tune of ₦640,000 at ₦80,000 per month. “We were all excited to receive our long awaited salaries after suffering all through the year only for the salary to be paid, and immediately our accounts frozen till date by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
“We are appealing that our accounts be unfrozen so we can have access to it, as the situation is unbearable for each and every one of us.” Providing update on the matter, the source, obviously excited, disclosed the “unfreezing of our accounts that were (allegedly) frozen since December last year.” His words: “I will like to give you update on the over fifty five bank accounts of Npower Situation Room staff that were restricted in the aftermath of the ongoing investigation of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, and the NSIPA.
“I am pleased to inform you that we now have access to our respective bank accounts, and this happened a few days ago. “However, a few of my colleagues have not been able to withdraw and that is strictly their banks’ problem.
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