Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to report the investigation conducted on the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) housing scheme.
The chairperson, Sekinah Lawal, while addressing newsmen in Ikeja, yesterday, disclosed that after two years of investigation into the alleged fraud, the group expects the EFCC to present the report of its findings. She expressed displeasure over the failure of the EFCC to disclose the outcome of its investigations.
“We call on the leadership of the EFCC in Lagos to summon the courage to issue a report on their findings after two years of investigation and proceed to do the needful,” she said.According to her, no fewer than 800 persons, mostly journalists, subscribed to the housing scheme, which was now suspected to be a scam.
She decried EFCC’s silence on a petition submitted two years ago by 26 of the subscribers calling for a probe of NAWOJ president, Ifeyinwa Omowole, over the failed housing scheme.Also, NUJ chairman, The Nation chapel, Mr. Musa Odoshimokhe, contended that the election conducted last Thursday by NAWOJ, Lagos chapter, in disobedience of a court order, was null and void. Read more