Chairman Federal Character Commission of Nigeria
Muheeba DankakaOON is the chairman of theFederal Character Commission in Nigeria. She was appointed by PresidentMuhammadu Buhari in 2020 and confirmed by the Senate same year. Previously, she served as chairman ofKaduna State Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMMA).[1][2][3]
Early life and education
[edit]Farida is a native ofOffa, Kwara State, Nigeria. She was born on the 10th of April 1961 in Offa, Kwara State. Nigeria
She attended St. Claire's Grammar School, Offa, for herWest African Senior School Certificate Examination, andAhmadu Bello University, Zaria, for her diploma in insurance and her master's degree in business administration in 1981 and 1989 respectively.[4][2]
She is the Director of Ijehu Oil and Gas Limited located in Kaduna State.[5]She is the CEO of Farida Business Venture Limited.
- Job racketeering in 2023 there was an allegation of selling MDA jobs slots by the commissioners during the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating MDAs and parastatal and tertiary institutions chaired by Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, the commissioners claimed that Dankaka connived with theEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop a petition written against her on job racketeering.[6][7][8][9]
- Certificate forgery May 23, 2023 a civil society organisation (CSO), Youth and Leadership Initiatives alleged that the chairman of the Federal Character Commission presented false information to the president Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to secure the chairmanship of the commission.[10][11][12]
- On 26, July 2021 Dankaka debunked the allegation of certificate forgery levelled against her by a group under the aegis of Youth and Leadership Initiative Group (LYGEL), claiming that the said allegation as false and despicable and believes that the allegations are false, despicable and desperately fuelled by clandestine motives.[13]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- National Honor of the Order of the Niger (OON) IN 2012 awarded by the president ofFederal Republic of Nigeria.
- Honorary Award of the Doctor of Philosophy by the Pacific Western University, USA.
