FG Detects 1000 Fake Workers in One Ministry

Over 1,500 workers who joined the Federal civil service with fake appointment letters in the past year have been detected.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, made this known in her keynote address at the ‘National Policy Dialogue on Entrenching Transparency in Public Office Recruitment in Nigeria,’ organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, in Abuja on Tuesday.

Dr. Yemi-Esan said over 1,000 culprits were discovered in one ministry while 500 others found in other ministries, departments and agencies during a service-wide verification exercise and they would be delisted from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System.

The HoS explained that her administration has taken decisive steps to nip in the bud the alarming sharp practices and acts of impunity being perpetrated on the IPPIS, as well as to purge the system of all infiltrations.