294 Ekiti workers may go to jail over fake certificates
From BOLU-OLU ESHO, Ado-Ekiti

Friday, August 7, 2009
Ekiti State Government has disclosed that salaries of 294 workers in the state civil service have been suspended over presentation of fake certificates to gain appointment into the state civil service.




http://odili.net/news/source/2009/aug/7/512.html

Addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, the state Head of Service (HOS), Mr. Olufemi Adewumi, disclosed that the state had been losing over N7.2 million annually to workers who entered into the service with fake and forged credentials.

Adewumi disclosed that the state government suspected that there were “a lot of irregularities in the payment of salaries in the public service” and a private consulting firm was commissioned by the state government to conduct staff auditing exercise.

Having submitted its interim report, the auditing firm wrote that a total number of 294 workers were discovered to have gained appointment into the state public service with fake certificates.

According to the HOS, “ one hundred of this figure are secondary school teachers while the remaining 194 are from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).”

On the reception of the interim report, the state government set a committee to verify the allegations of the auditing firm.

Adewumi said: “This committee has invited all officers alleged to have used forged certificates to defend themselves. The committee’s assignment is on-going. No report has been submitted yet by the committee.”

Among other offenders discovered were some officers who were “being overpaid because they had been illegally moved above their normal salary steps resulting in great loss to the government, receiving salaries in multiple pay points; overstay in service as well as those who falsified their dates of birth and dates of first appointment.”

Dismissing the rumour that the auditing exercise was meant to witchhunt some workers due to their alleged attitude during the April 25, 2009 governorship re-run election in the state, the HOS said the exercise had commenced late last year, noting that the exercise was not selective and cut across all levels.

Explaining further, Adewumi said the salaries of the 294 workers were stopped, saying “we can’t be paying them until they prove their innocence.”

He, however, noted that there is every possibility that not all the alleged workers would be fired, noting that some of them may eventually prove their innocence. He noted that “nobody has been asked to withdraw from the public service. Nobody has also been asked to refund any money yet. Verification exercise is still ongoing.”

Nevertheless, among the punitive measures to be taken by the state government were refunding of all the money collected from the purse of the government, dismissal and, ultimately, prosecution.

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Scrapping the bottom of W.W.W for scraps and non stories just to display Ignorant and tribalistic leanings and affiliations is indeed a new low.


May the force be with and guard you as you proceed along the banks joblessness, mediocrity and absurdity.



Kpele,

Ndo,

One of the numerous drama that exist in this country. We seem to be doing well in making news, all for the wrong reasons.

puskin:

One of the numerous drama that exist in this country. We seem to be doing well in making news, all for the wrong reasons.

And what's wrong in reporting that 294 Ekiti state workers were employed with fake certificates,
With out any doubt, you must be among those criminals.

IGWE_USA:

And what's wrong in reporting that 294 Ekiti state workers were employed with fake certificates,
With out any doubt, you must be among those criminals.

I can see that you have a disability in interpreting posts.

puskin:

I can see that you have a disability in interpreting posts.

      Really? 
      Unfortunately your level of reasoning is abysmal,------------- the apogee of ignorance.
      You better learn how to construct a meaningful sentence that conveys your intended message.

Don't blame away your inability to decipher and comprehend his simple and self explanatory post. Grah grah, follow follow and unguarded zeal to reason with your kinfolks and his stupid and redundant post obviously clouded your sense of reasoning and judgment.

puskin:

One of the numerous drama that exist in this country. We seem to be doing well in making news,  all for the wrong reasons. 

Do we have any right reasons that should make headlines in Nigeria?