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Coming further down to specifics, his dismissal of the 27 officers in one year testifies to his zero-tolerance for unethical practices on the part of the Commission’s officers who should rather exemplify probity as anti-graft crusaders. Besides the 27 that he has given the boot, 10 officers of the Lagos Directorate as of writing are in detention. The officers who were arrested in the first week of January on the orders of the Executive Chairman are answering questions related to the whereabouts of some operational items put under their watch that they could no longer account for. It is a given that those found culpable at the end of the investigation will be subjected to the laid down disciplinary rule.
Reward and punishment are at the fulcrum of Olukoyede’s relationship with officers of the Commission. In a year that he shoved out 27 dishonest officers, he ensured in another breath that all staffers without exception who were eligible for promotion got elevated to their next rank. While there is an ad hoc Staff Disciplinary Committee that packs a sting against reprobate officers, he has equally put in place a system of reward for hard work, excellence and diligence in the workforce.
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