I regret serving you – FCC director writes ex-Chairman Dankaka

A Director at the Federal Character Commission (FCC) has written an emotional letter to the immediate past Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Muheeba Dankaka, whose tenure ended Tuesday.

Abdullah Adamu Idris, a director of special duties at the commission and one of her key aides, urged Dankaka to reflect on her tenure and how she treated people who worked with her at the commission.

A letter from the Office of Secretary to the Federal Government dated July 2 asked Dankaka to hand over to a federal commissioner as her tenure had ended.

After she left the FCC building at zone 3, staff broke into a celebratory mood, dancing and singing and expressing gratitude to God for her exit.

Idris, who served Dankaka in three capacities throughout her tenure, first as special adviser general services, then media and later as the director in charge of the executive chairman’s office, stated that he “struggled to write a valedictory speech” for Dankaka due to her alleged maladministration.

Although he expressed gratitude to her for giving him the opportunity to work with her, he stated that working with her brought him great regrets.

He said he had written over 200 speeches for her, including her inaugural speech where she espoused “beautiful policy statements’ which she never implemented.

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Idris said he also defended her alleged bad leadership and policy decisions even when he knew he was doing the wrong thing, just to show loyalty.

“I travelled with you around the country holding your handbags, visiting V.I.Ps and taking the opportunity to shower encomiums on your administration before your hosts (No wonder I was christened Rebecca because I became one carrying your handback).

“You have been under attack as soon as you resumed because of signs of maladministration. I stood day and night to defend you before the media, commissioners, and even staff.

“I became a pariah amongst my colleagues and that did not deter me.

“Today I’m being despised by all because I served you with all honesty and a sense of duty. I was loyal to the core,” he wrote.

But for his loyalty, she allegedly showed ingratitude and arrogance.

“In all these you rewarded me with nothing but abuse, humiliation and outright hate. I confronted you at a time why did you hate me?

“…Sadly, you served me real hard. You dealt with me in an unimaginable way. I was humiliated, battered and disgraced for no reason with pain and no gain.

“I could not remember your good tidings on me after serving you. As I was your longest serving staff amongst the dozens that you have used and dumped,” he stated.

Idris cited seven instances of the injustices Dankaka allegedly inflicted on him, including promoting juniors over him, not allowing him to go on any professional training and refusing to allocate any official car to him even when his juniors were given cars.

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THE WHISTLER could not verify this claim as Dankara was not available for comment.

Although he claimed in the letter that Dankaka never gave his unemployed brothers any job slot even though hundreds came to her table, he said he is now as one of her accomplices in office.

“Today and now I have to cover my head in shame as I am picked as one that worked with you to perpetuate illegality of selling slots and other vices which I do not know anything about,” he wrote, adding that he was happy to be alive “to witness what is unfolding before our eyes as power is transient.”

Staff of the Commission openly displayed their happiness at the exit of Dankaka on Tuesday, singing, dancing and drinking and posting the videos on social media.

Dankaka’s tenure was characterised by disputes with federal commissioners and staff over her administrative style.

Some commissioners even wrote petitions to security agencies and the presidency over her alleged corruption, job racketeering, nepotism, and certificate forgery, among others.

This forced the House of Representatives to conduct an investigation into the allegations in 2023 where several revelations were made, but she survived it.

Several attempts to reach Dankaka for comment were unsuccessful as her phone number was switched off.

I regret serving you – FCC director writes ex-Chairman Dankaka

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