The Nation Newspaper Anambra Commission uncovers over 400 ghost workers
It was gathered that out of the number, 59 are deceased, five are living abroad, and 40 are pensioners still drawing salaries. Additionally, several individuals are involved in certificate fraud, with investigations completed on six cases so far.
“We discovered 59 deceased staff who are still receiving salaries, 40 retirees also receiving salaries, and above all, we discovered 222 workers on the payroll who nobody could identify as workers in any of the 21 Council areas. “We are going to finish our thorough investigation and those caught in this unholy act will face the full weight of the law in accordance with civil service rules.
“Those indicted were identified and we started investigating the certificates they presented to the committee and went as far as going to the universities whose certificates they brandished and out of the 20 persons who tendered Imo State University certificates, we screened 14 so far where we discovered that six out of the 14 were fake certificates.
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