How whistle-blower rejected commission on recovered N1 billion loot

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, yesterday disclosed how a whistle-blower
recently rejected commission from recovered N1 billion
loot.
He also claimed that $160 million and N8 billion have
been recovered through the whistle-blowing policy.
The minister stated this, yesterday, at the inauguration
of Human Rights Radio in Abuja.
He said the whistle-blower turned down the reward
because he believed it was service rendered to the
country.
He said, “I want to put on record that the fellow
through whom we recovered N1 billion, in an account,
told us he does not want any commission from
government because that was his contribution to the
country.
‘’But, I can assure you that we are not going to renege
on our promise to pay the appropriate commission to
anyone who gives us information that leads to recovery
of money through this policy.”
According to Mohammed, the government would put
every measure in place to end the difficult times in the
country.
He added, “The greatest assaults to our collective
human rights are those people who have stolen our
money.
“They are those people who have pocketed the money
meant for roads, water, power and medical care.
“Those are the people who have assaulted our
collective human rights, who have reduced the average
Nigerians to nothingness and humiliated this country.
“The whistle-blowing policy is a very simple policy
through which we encourage Nigerians who have any
information about the violation of our rights,
commission of a crime, fraud or corruption or any
Nigerian who knows where certain money is being held
or kept to anonymously contact us.
“We will protect his or her identity and if the
information leads to the recovery of money, he or she
will be entitled to 2.5 per cent or 5 per cent of the
money recovered.
“We have three channels of passing the information
which could be through dedicated SMS, a portal and
an e-mail address and all of them are secured,’’ he
said.
The minister said that within two months of
announcing the whistle blowers policy, the government
has been able to recover $160 million and N8 billion.
He noted that the $9.7 million kept in an uncompleted
house in Kaduna by a former group managing director
of NNPC was recovered through the policy.
“Somebody gave us the information; we went there
and saw the money loaded in fridges and boxes and
the owner has admitted that the money belong to him.
“He said the money was given to him by friends after
he retired and we want those friends to come forward,’’
said Mohammed.