A civil servant, Richard Oghenerhoro, is set to face disciplinary action for uncovering fake employment in the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Abuja and making his finding public.
The whistleblower was found guilty of misconduct, breach of oath of secrecy, unauthorised disclosure of official information and copying of official documents, contrary to the provisions of the Public Service Rules.
The rule recommended termination of appointment or forced retirement for the offences.
This is as four other officials in the ministry are set to be re-deployed over documentation and enrolment of the officers uncovered by Oghenerhoro into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System platform.
All the recommendations were contained in the report of the investigative panel obtained by our correspondents.
The committee, headed by a senior official of the ministry, Rufus-Ebegba Immaculata, submitted its report to the office of the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola.
The PUNCH reports that the committee was constituted following the receipt of Oghenerhoro’s petition dated July 22, 2020.
The petitioner had alleged that some civil servants joined the ministry with fake appointment letters.
In the report, the committee noted that one of the civil servants with the fake employment letter noted that, “His uncle got the job for him and had no idea about the status of his letter; he also informed the committee that he has been receiving salary since January,...
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