Sacked Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, has said his removal from office was connected with his refusal to offer an alleged ₦200 million bribe to a minister in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
His appointment was terminated on Monday by the Federal Government which cited no reason for the action.
Subsequently, government reinstated Prof. Suleiman Bogoro who was relieved of the job by this same administration in 2016 for alleged high-handedness.
During a BBC Hausa Service interview in Kano, Dr. Baffa alleged that the minister had sent a contractor demanding 10
Meanwhile in a statement by its national publicity secretary, PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party noted that the revelation did not come to many Nigerians as a surprise, as it had vindicated its position that “the Buhari presidency is inherently corrupt and thrives on concealments, deception, beguilement, propaganda and lies.
