The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has interrogated the former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Wednesday September 3 regarding alleged malpractices related to the awarding of contracts at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
Ngige, a former minister in the outgone administration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet for eight years, oversaw the NSITF through the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. The fund has faced myriad of corruption allegations over the years.
In January 2023, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Adebayo Aderibigbe, a former general manager at NSITF, with fraud related to the sum of N60,400,000.
Speaking with media sources, spokesperson for the ICPC, Demola Bakare, confirmed that Ngige is assisting the commission with its investigation but clarified that the former minister was neither arrested nor detained.
“He was not arrested, he was not detained. He is helping us out with the investigation,” Bakare noted.
