The Department of State Security Services
(DSS) on Friday invited all the 21 candidates
named by President Muhammadu Buhari for
security checks.
The verification includes scrutiny of
educational certificates, checks for any past
prosecution, among others.
Also, Nigeria Police Force might subject the
nominees to another documentation process,
The Nation reports.
After the ongoing checks, a security report
may be submitted to President Muhammadu
Buhari and the Senate by the DSS on the
suitability of the nominees.
At the DSS office yesterday were Gen.
Abdulrahman Dambazzau, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu,
Suleiman Adamu, Chief Audu Ogbeh, Amina
Mohammed, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Musa Ibeto,
among others.
All the nominees were asked to fill Personal
Identification Form (PIF) which requires data
about their places of birth, schools attended,
work experience and past offices held.
“The details provided will lead to further
investigation by the DSS to confirm the
veracity or otherwise of what they have filled
in the PIF,” a source told The Nation.
“The security agencies are paying attention to
the educational certificates of most of the
nominees to avoid a situation where some
Nigerians will join issues with these
candidates.
“The essence of inviting these nominees is to
certify that what they have pleaded is what
they have. You will recall that some past
leaders of the National Assembly tampered
with their age and a few others presented fake
certificates. The era of bloated Curriculum
Vitae is gone. We do not want any nominee to
embarrass the President in the Senate.
“We have had instances in the past where
ministers could not even locate their
certificates or past records of service.”
“Any nominee with any challenge capable of
creating image crisis for the government or
unfit to be a minister may be dropped.”
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