NIRSAL’S WEB OF CORRUPTION ……. WHO IS HAJIA AISHATU HAMIDU?
Posted by: osprimetv | June 26, 2023
HAJIA AISHATU HAMIDU
As His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu settles down to the onerous task of putting Nigeria back on track, Nigerians are eager to see the direction of the new administration especially in areas such as security, economy and most especially anti-corruption.
The President has sent a strong message about corruption with the suspension, arrest and detention of the Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, the Economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) chairman AbdulRasheed Bawa and other Government officials who served in the past administration and Nigerians are urging him to go all the way to clear the Augean stable and ensure justice and restitution for the people of Nigeria.
With Mr Godwin Emefiele’s suspension, Nigerians especially the farmers expect that a full investigation be carried out at the Nigerian incentive based risk sharing system for agriculture lending (NIRSAL) where a whole lot of malfeasance occurred ranging from outright diversion of funds, stealing , disregard for the law, cronyism and many others as reported in many mainstream and online news platform including Daily trust, Daily post, Sahara reporters, Corruption reporters, Peoples gazette, Per second news etc.
The array of allegations levelled against the Managing Director led to a constitution of an investigative panel by the central bank where he was indicted but Mr Emefiele put a lid over the report and still retained him and it was only when almost all the security agencies in the Country commenced investigation of this same Aliyu Abatti Abdulhammid that he was finally removed from office.
It was common knowledge that Nirsal had been run as a family and friends business with Hajia Aisha Hamidu, the wife of the then Managing Director cornering contracts for herself including the cleaning contract for all Nirsal offices which subsists till date. She also provided the HMO (Precious HMO) managing the healthcare services of staff whose services have been below par depriving them of quality healthcare services and through which raked in hundreds of millions of Naira..
Hajia Aishatu Hamidu was so powerful that she was using staffs of NIRSAL to receive and warehouse illicitly made money from the system and was being paid by contractors to facilitate contracts which enabled her to establish a thriving Jewellery business out of Dubai, acquire properties in Atlanta, Dubai and in Abuja where the same NIRSAL is leasing one of her choice properties in Guzape district, Abuja (pictures inset) .
How is Hajia Aishatu Hamidu, a manager with NFIU in Abuja able to acquire all she has today, is it from her income as an employee? All the money she has amassed can be traced to her account in GT bank is also public.
Nigerian farmers who had heralded the establishment of Nirsal and were disappointed with the mis-management were excited with the removal of Aliyu Abdulhammid and his replacement with Mr Saad Hamidu in acting capacity still see no change in the institution as it appears it is still business as usual.
Our sources reveal that the sum of N8,000,000,000 (Eight billion naira only) which was placed in a fixed deposit account since the time of Aliyu Abdulhammid with Dignity finance is still there yielding returns for Mr Aliyu Abdulhammid and his cronies and the acting Managing Director has turned a blind eye and retained the deposit after been settled from rather than deploying these funds to support our farmers across the Country.
It is common knowledge that Mr Aliyu Abdulhammid and his wife Hajia Aisha Hamidu continue to wield influence in Nirsal as their cronies are still occupying positions of influence and covering their atrocities which made headline news at some point including;
The N5.6bn wheat project saga (Daily trust of 02/12/2022)
Discovery of three personal accounts used by the Head of Finance Idris Issa Aweda to warehouse monies diverted from Nirsal for Aliyu Abatti Abdulhammid namely FCMB 49861333010, GTB 0245155058 and Stanbic IBTC (Peoples gazzete of 04/12/2022).
Salary scam at the PMRO office across the 36 states and the FCT orchestrated by Dr Steven Ogidan on behalf of Aliyu Abdulhammid which also served as the conduit used to purchase properties in South Africa, Europe, United states and the middle east.
Award of N2,000,000,000 (Two billion naira only) ICT contract to Imran Aliyu Abdulhammid (The MD’s son) who was arrested at some point in Dubai for money laundering offences.
These and many others which can be found in the above-mentioned media platforms are yet to be resolved and people held accountable.
Agriculture remains the most important sector that can jumpstart Nigeria’s economic rebirth and the establishment of Nirsal was a well thought out idea to lend support and ensure food sufficiency as well export advantage.
All those who have contributed to the grand theft and looting should be made to refund all they have stolen and the institution reorganized and positioned for efficient service delivery.
