LAGOS—LAGOS State Government has sacked 35 of its civil servants, including senior executive officers, for securing employment into the State Civil Service with forged certificates, even as the appointments of 13 others were terminated for absenteeism.

Other offences of the sacked workers included misappropriation of funds, diversion of government money for personal use, defrauding the public, loss of government’s vehicles and absence from duty without permission.

It will be recalled that last year, the state government dismissed 174 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, for corruption, overzealousness and others.

Vanguard gathered that those sacked were on grade level 07 to 12.

They include senior traffic officers, traffic superintendents, higher traffic superintendent, traffic officers II, higher statistics officer, senior accountant, senior executive officer, among others.

Most of the affected workers were discovered to have gained employment into the civil service with forged certificates during certificate verification carried out by the government.

The list of the sacked public officers was contained in a journal published by the state government.

It was also gathered that the affected staff had since been issued sacked letters before their names were published by the Office of the Head of Service in the publication.

It was gathered that the affected public servants were made to face the Personnel Management Board, PMB, the disciplinary body of the state government, which recommended their immediate sack.

Head of Service, Adesegun Ogunlewe, had earlier warned that the government would not tolerate acts of indiscipline and corruption among civil servants as government was bent on repositioning the civil service to meet up with the standard befitting of a mega city like Lagos.

Meanwhile, the Lagos State House of Assembly, has directed Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Pensions, Mrs. Florence Oguntuase, to Implement the house resolution on the payment of salary arrears of the 24 Lagos veterinary doctors from 2003 to 2010.

The house gave the directive following earlier summon and appearance of Oguntuase on the floor of the House to make clarification over the resolution of the House on the salary arrears.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/02/lagos-sacks-35-senior-officials-over-certificate-forgery/

Serve dem right

there should also be another punnish apart from the sack to serve as a lesson to those who also intend going through the route cos many of them had gone far with many salaries and allowances.
Notwithstanding, what about all those unqualified politicians' ward that are admitted into the public service in alausa and the state offices through nepotism? Or are they all qualified?

1st to comment . . . God is good!

Na my business

Dr. Wise:
1st to comment . . . God is good!

suffry lie abeg oo, nor be u be first to comment oo

2rd to comments

The wind is blowing hard and things are beginning to open.

Fashola is clueless

ONLY SACK?
I THINK THEY NEED TO VISIT...ARIEA F

This country is corrupt. May God deliver nig frm corrupt

And these guys help tinubu and fashola to steal ballot boxes and rig election before they were given an appointment letter. So it is true that, the man you put your lifee online through dubious mean can return to kick you out.

What a world.

unanghope: 2rd to comments

laff wan kill me oo *crying and laughing for you*

whatsoever you sow, you will reap even dough it may tarry. i think they should be jailed 4 dis, as it is a serious crime, only God knows 4 au many years dey must av bin benefitting 4rm dis falsehood

mikeyhernadez: laff wan kill me oo *crying and laughing for you*

Laff wan paralyse my left hand...My broda, u see wetin 1st to comment dey cause?
Me sef na 21th to comment. LWMMF!!!

Artistree:
Laff wan paralyse my left hand...see wetin 1st to comment dey cause?

i tire oo

i bet if they look closer, there will be more.

Hope this is a continuous process cos government will need to root out more of the "Oluwole certificate forgers"! Its saddening that those qualified are not given a chance while the unqualified ones continue to short change the system. They should be other punitive measures to serve as deterrent and government should devise means of verifying certificates at the time of employment!

Being civil servant myself, i feel this is the best devt but it has to go round all the ministies to fish out the bad eggs among us

take dat: Hope this is a continuous process cos government will need to root out more of the "Oluwole certificate forgers"! Its saddening that those qualified are not given a chance while the unqualified ones continue to short change the system. They should be other punitive measures to serve as deterrent and government should devise means of verifying certificates at the time of employment!

This is a step in the right direction. Verification of certificate should be carried out regularly cos there are productive youths out there with genuine certificate looking for jobs while d incapable and less qualified ones are employed.

Good move!
What abt d fake Toronto certificate said to be resting in Bourdillon drive? Ok...i remember...he's d national leader of our great party.
Join us as we sweep corruption out of nigeria with our broom, come 2015.

Dr. Wise:
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better luck next time. Get etisalat easy blaze.

This supposed to be a national wide exercise.

Hmmm, serves them right.

I believe verification of certicate must have taken place at the initial stage of their employment.why is it coming up again at a latter day after enjoying government money over the years..if nt dat d corrupt ppl dat gave dem way no longer receive settlement from dem...corruption is d bane of good goverance in nigeria,d employers en even d employed are all corrupt....anyways,hw is dis event gonna reduce d numba of unemployed qualified graduate roaming the street of Lagos everyday.

May be some of them have over step their boundaries hence this punitive action.