FG uncovers 1,617 civil servants with fake employment letters

Folasade Yemi-Esan

FG uncovers 1,617 civil servants with fake employment letters

The Federal Government has discovered total of 1,618 civil servants who came in with fake employment letters.

Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, said a recently conducted investigation revealed this.

She spoke with some journalists on Tuesday in Abuja on this issue and preparations for the upcoming 2023 Civil Servants Week.

Yemi-Esan also highlighted the government’s commitment to reviewing the Duty Tour Allowances for civil servants.

She mentioned that a committee had been established to work on the harmonization of salaries within the civil service.

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She said, “As you are aware, prior to the introduction of the current mechanisms put in place to drive the implementation of the IPPIS, the system was bedevilled with considerable leakages and waste as well as the incessant infiltration of ‘ghost workers’ etc.

“Consequent upon the identified loopholes in the IPPIS, the Office introduced control mechanisms.

“Notable among others was the inauguration of a Committee on Enrolment of Newly Recruited Civil Servants on the 1st of March, 2021. “Hence, this and other initiatives in accelerating the roll-out of the HR Module of the IPPIS has brought about the following: Detection of 1,618 fake/illegal employment letters; Continuous suspension of officers from IPPIS platform for not uploading their records; Verification of 69,854 officers across the core MDAs in FCT and the six (6) geo-political zones.”