721 persons secured FG employment with fake certificates in six agencies – Report
punchng.com Jun 20, 2019 4:25 AM

ICPC spokesperson, Mrs. Rasheedat Okoduwa
Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja

Not less than 721 members of staff of Federal Government agencies secured employment using forged academic certificates between 2015 and 2018, The PUNCH learnt on Wednesday.

A document obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, indicated that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission detected the figure after it carried out certificate verification of six government agencies.

The six agencies are Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Prisons Service, Pension Transition Arrangement Department, Federal Fire Service and National Identity Management Commission.

At the end of the exercise, the commission was able to verify academic certificates of 40,808 staff of the six Federal Government agencies.

According to the figure obtained by our correspondent, 11,996 certificates had been verified by the commission, while 721 certificates were found to have been forged.

An ICPC source, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said that investigation was still ongoing to determine the authenticity of the other certificates submitted by staff of the concerned agencies.

He said the task was being carried out in conjunction with academic institutions that appeared on the certificates, adding that about 5000 certificates had been cleared by some of the institutions as at April 2019.

The figure obtained by our correspondent, which was verified by the ICPC source, said that between 2015 and 2018, assets worth N2.62bn were recovered by the agency from those who were found guilty of misusing their position as public officers. They included 158 government vehicles, buildings, plots of land and farmlands.

The source said, “ICPC was contacted to verify the authenticity of academic and professional certificates of staff at the six FG agencies. Some of the certificates have been returned but we have 721 certificates verified to have been forged. Those who submitted the said certificates are still in court while we have secured varying degrees of court judgment for some of them. It is still an on-going exercise.”

Another figure obtained by our correspondent from the spokesperson for the ICPC, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, revealed that between 2015 and 2019, cash worth N29bn was recovered by the commission from individuals and organisations, while 66 convictions were so far recorded. She added that within the period, 273 cases were filed by the commission in various courts across the country.

Source:
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721? Small

When Nigeria itself is fake

Even the president of the country Buhari secured his own office with fake certificate

People with fake certificate in other agencies will be panicking by now !

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You can imagine the kinda country Nigeria has become, folks with genuine certificates can't find jobs but people with fake certificate are getting govt job

That's what you get in a dysfunctional system..

Crazy nation

Choi

This is what happens when a country promotes certificate rackeetering against merit @ all strata of leadership including the presidency.

If you probe further, you would realise that they got the job through strong connection. Yet the most qualified candidates are not given the job.

Buhari certificate is not fake

People with original certificates would never get jobs in Nigeria, what have we done to the Hausa people?

If u go check wella u go see say at least 98% of the 721 na pipu wey presidents, governors, senators, etc bin recommend because na only pipu with government connect dey get government work........what a country

We need to embrace more of technology in dealing with issue of fake certificates.

sparog:
You can imagine the kinda country Nigeria has become, folks with genuine certificates can't find jobs but people with fake certificate are getting govt job

because to dare is to do... ���

Chai


By the way mine ain't forged



Make I replace any of them biko

Magnifico2000:
If you probe further, you would realise that they got the job through strong connection. Yet the most qualified candidates are not given the job.

because the latter has weak connection.. Or better still using pentium 1����

Everything since 2015 now Fake in Nigeria.

what about NNPC, FIRS etc

or they are not fed agencies also, there are more people with fake certificates there, the only reason why those places are targeted is because it is where the masses fall most

Shebi dem forge ni.. Buhari wey no get at at all nko? what's the difference mtchewee

Hope buhari is on the list


..

EVEN THE PRESIDENT IS USING FAKE

sparog:
You can imagine the kinda country Nigeria has become, folks with genuine certificates can't find jobs but people with fake certificate are getting govt job

HE SHOULD BE NUMBER 1

maybachmusic:
Hope buhari is on the list


..

Lol

Follow the leader

RexTramadol1:
Chai


By the way mine ain't forged



Make I replace any of them biko

ode���how long av u been carrying ur original without a good job or life?? Common sense should tell u in the face of the current situation to discard asap with tremendous alacrity and head for the Toronto one����� if it ain't toronto u ain't getting shittttt���

Racoon:
This is what happens when a country promotes certificate rackeetering against merit @ all strata of leadership including the presidency.

abi na, our president sef is ruling us with fake certificate what right do they have to start persecuting or complaining about jobs that was secured with fake certs