39 NDE Motorcycles, 22 Grinding Machines, Others Diverted By Sokoto Contractor, Recovered

A total of 39 motorcycles, 22 grinding machines and 10 units of sewing machines, diverted by a contractor woking for the Sokoto State office of National Directorate of Employment (NDE), have been handed over the agency.

Twenty-four of the motorcycles were assembled while 15 were not.

The items, which are empowerment materials, were recovered and handed over to NDE by the Sokoto zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for onward disbursement to the beneficiaries.

EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement on Thursday, did not however, disclose the name of the contractor.

Uwujaren quoted the state zonal Head of the anti-graft agency, Bawa Usman Kaltungo, as describing the development as “a milestone in the fight against corruption.”

The EFCC spokesman also quoted the state coordinator, NDE Sokoto, Eunice John Danmallam, as saying the items would be equitably distributed.

He said: “In her response, the state coordinator, NDE Sokoto, Mrs. Eunice John Danmallam, who received the items on behalf of NDE for onward distribution to constituents in Isa/Sabon Birni Federal Constituency of the state, while assuring the commission of equitable disbursement of the items, commended the EFCC for its efforts in the zone.”