ICPC arrests 41 officials with forged certificate at NIMC– The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it arrested 41 officials with fake credentials at a promotion exercise conducted by the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC).

This is contained in a statement signed by the ICPC’s Head of Media, Mr Folu Olamiti, and made
available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, the arrest was
made during the presentation of additional
certificates claimed to have been acquired by
the officials for upgrading of their status. The statement said that the preliminary vetting
carried out by NIMC through the Ministry of
Education indicated that some of the tertiary
institutions contacted to verify their certificates,
confirmed the certificates to be fake. It added that some were altered and some were not graduates of the institutions they claimed. “One of the suspects presented a certificate
which was “doctored” to indicate Second Class
degree rather than the earned Third Class
degree. “Others presented forged certificates whereas they still had pending carry-overs. “Preliminary investigations by ICPC indicated
that some of the certificates emanated from
some of the illegal degree awarding mills and
outreach centres recently sealed by ICPC,’’ the
statement said.


It said that the commission was further probing the complicity of those involved in the
graduation of one of the suspects with a
degree in Engineering from an approved
university who could not express himself in
writing. ICPC advised tertiary institutions yet to respond to the earlier inquiries sent to them by the Federal Ministry of Education to do so
immediately. The statement quoted ICPC Chairman, Mr Ekpo Nta as commending NIMC Management for its zero tolerance for corruption in its workforce given the sensitive national assignment it was charged with. The arrest and interrogation of the NIMC
officials is coming in the wake of ICPC/NUC
crack-down on illegal degree awarding mills
nationwide. (NAN)

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/icpc-arrests-41-officials-with-forged-certificate-at-nimcc/

This a welcome development from the ICPC/NUC and should be extended to other Ministries and Agencies.

emekatimsu: ICPC arrests 41 officials with forged certificate at NIMC– The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it arrested 41 officials with fake credentials at a promotion exercise conducted by the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC).

This is contained in a statement signed by the ICPC’s Head of Media, Mr Folu Olamiti, and made
available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, the arrest was
made during the presentation of additional
certificates claimed to have been acquired by
the officials for upgrading of their status. The statement said that the preliminary vetting
carried out by NIMC through the Ministry of
Education indicated that some of the tertiary
institutions contacted to verify their certificates,
confirmed the certificates to be fake. It added that some were altered and some were not graduates of the institutions they claimed. “One of the suspects presented a certificate
which was “doctored” to indicate Second Class
degree rather than the earned Third Class
degree. “Others presented forged certificates whereas they still had pending carry-overs. “Preliminary investigations by ICPC indicated
that some of the certificates emanated from
some of the illegal degree awarding mills and
outreach centres recently sealed by ICPC,’’ the
statement said.


It said that the commission was further probing the complicity of those involved in the
graduation of one of the suspects with a
degree in Engineering from an approved
university who could not express himself in
writing. ICPC advised tertiary institutions yet to respond to the earlier inquiries sent to them by the Federal Ministry of Education to do so
immediately. The statement quoted ICPC Chairman, Mr Ekpo Nta as commending NIMC Management for its zero tolerance for corruption in its workforce given the sensitive national assignment it was charged with. The arrest and interrogation of the NIMC
officials is coming in the wake of ICPC/NUC
crack-down on illegal degree awarding mills
nationwide. (NAN)

www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/icpc-arrests-41-officials-with-forged-certificate-at-nimcc/

Good 1.

if only they will sack all d fakes and create space for the real Job seekers.

Malubi: Good 1.

Must u Quote d Damn thng 2 drop jst. 2 words...
Smh