An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed
that several top civil servants and political figures in
Delta State are involved in a fraudulent scheme by
the state’s civil service commission. The fraud entails
the sale of civil service jobs to desperate job
seekers for as much as N1.5 million each.
Our investigators discovered the sale of employment
slots began several weeks ago. Initially, slots were
being sold for between N700,000 and N900,000, but
skyrocketed to N1.5 million as hordes of job
seekers scrambled for the few, though undisclosed,
number of available jobs.
As far back as 2013, Governor
Emmanuel Uduaghan had given the civil
service commission the go-ahead to recruit workers.
The commission required applicants to purchase
application forms at N2,000 each in the form of bank
drafts. The rest of the employment process was then
to be completed online via an Internet site created by
the commission.
However, public outcry over the fraud-
ridden process led Mr. Uduaghan to prohibit the sale
of employment forms, to shut the website, and to
refund fees to applicants who had paid.
SaharaReporters learned that the commission never
carried out the governor’s order to refund fees.
In March this year, the commission released the
names of about 2,000 applicants shortlisted
to be interviewed at the commission's headquarters
in Asaba, the state capital.
However, several sources in the state told
SaharaReporters that, instead of issuing employment
letters to successful shortlisted applicants, the
commission began to sell job slots to the highest
bidders, most of them people who were not
shortlisted for the jobs.
“What is happening at the commission is nothing but
corruption and fraud,” said a staff member of the
commission, who said he was outraged by the sale of
jobs. He added: “Imagine, those who were shortlisted
are not been contacted. Rather, people who
never applied or sat for interviews are being issued
with employment letters at N700,000, N800,000 and
N900,000 depending on their power of negotiation.”
Our sources said the fraud was being
perpetrated with the knowledge of the board. An
infuriated state employee said, “I can mention
categorically the names of those involved in this
racket. They include the commission's chairman, Mr.
Tetsola Emmanuel, Mrs. Tialobi Roseline, Tuedon
Richard, Mr. Andrew Akanigha, Pastor
Ifeanyi Agbeyeke—who areall members of the board
of the commission. And then there are Mr. Jerry
Agbaike, the Permanent Secretary, and other
directors. They are all perpetrating this evil and
denying Deltans their opportunity of gainful
employment.”
Our sources disclosed that a senior administrative
officer, Eboh Goddey Oghenero, acts as the
front for the commission's chairman, board
members and directors in their corrupt scheme to
sell employment opportunities.
A newly employed female employee told
SaharaReporters that one of her friends bought a job
slot for N1.5 million. “After paying the money, within
three days an employment letter was issued to
him and he was posted to a ministry,” she said.
One source at the commission revealed that at least
15 applicants paid money into Mr. Oghenero's bank
account in Fidelity Bank with account
number 6050871390. The payments ranged
from N750, 000 to N1.5 million, according to the
finding by our investigative team.
Some outraged staff at the commission said the
officials should be challenged to provide the
original list of shortlisted job applicants as well
as the list of those that have been issued letters of
appointment. “You’ll see that the two lists are
different,” one commission official said.
Contacted by one of our citizen reporters, the
chairman of the commission, Mr. Tetsola
Emmanuel, denied the sale of employment slots. But
the correspondent reported that Mr. Emmanuel was
visibly shaking and looked dazed. When asked follow-
up questions, he was unable to offer any
coherent answers.
An undercover reporter contacted Mr. Oghenero,
posing as a prospective applicant. Mr. Oghenero then
gave the reporter the same account details in Fidelity
Bank, instructing the reporter to deposit the sum of
N1.5 million and thereafter forward his personal and
academic details to Mr. Oghenero’s mobile phone
number. Mr. Oghenero also asked the undercover
reporter to come in three days for his appointment
letter.
“Just do all I have told you, I have given you the
account details already,” the reporter quoted Mr.
Oghenero as saying. According to the reporter, the
rogue administrative officer also reassured him by
showing a list of people who had paid and had
received their appointment letters and posts. He said
Mr. Oghenero added, “Don’t be scared that you didn’t
purchase the form before or come for the interviews.
Once you pay, you get your appointment letter.”
The undercover reporter said Mr. Oghenero
identified himself as “a senior admin officer.” He
added that the front in the employment scam
asserted that the commission’s board chairman,
directors, and board commissioners “are aware of
the payments. We just front for them and after
payment we get our own cut. In most cases I deal
directly with my madam, Mrs. Tialobi Roseline, the
first commissioner in the board who will perfect the
appointment letters at the receipt of the cash. As I
told you, it’s a secret deal which the commission is
fully involved [in].”
Our sources at the commission as well as
some applicants who were earlier shortlisted
have urged Governor Uduaghan to set up a panel to
investigate the fraud at the commission. “His
Excellency, Dr. Uduaghan should probe what has
been going on. And anybody found wanting should
be made to face the music,” an angry commission
staff told SaharaReporters.

My friend paid 700k for this and got d job.
Make I hear say Uduaghan go do anything. Na their way b that. Nigeria is tough and wicked to us. Y do dey build universities? if they would end up selling jobs to us, then y should the poor even be educated?

We still pushing though....

I don't do sahara reporters jareeeee... GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my ROLE MODEL!!

temitemi1:
I don't do sahara reporters jareeeee... GEJ my HERO! FAYOSE my ROLE MODEL!!

adult baby wen u go get sense?

D luv of money is d root of all evil