NIGERIA
The Acting Chair of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has told Public Servants that coming late to the office was the equivalent of corruption and in future would be treated as such.
Ibrahim Magu (pictured) was speaking in the capital, Abuja at a rally led by the commission with the support of other Government Agencies including the Ministry for Women’s Affairs.
He said that reports had revealed that by 10.30am, less than 10 per cent of Public Servants were at their desks – “this is unfortunate; it is part of corruption”.
Mr Magu said while women and children represented the future of Nigeria, they were often the most vulnerable when it came to dealing with corrupt and lazy agents of the Government.
Meanwhile an investigation launched by southern Nigerian State of Rivers has resulted in the arrest of seven Public Servants found to be working and receiving salaries in different Agencies.
Announcing the measure, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Nyesom Wike on Information and Communications Technology, Asawo Ibifuro said that biometrics and physical verification has revealed 11,000 irregularities among the State’s workforce.
These included people working beyond their retirement age, and families claiming pensions for people who were so old they must have already died.
“Biometrics and physical verifications have been conducted for both serving and retired Public Servants and we see that huge amounts of money are being saved for the Government,” Mr Ibifuro said.
“We have arrested seven people, but more than a 1,000 have not shown up for work again and more than 5,000 pensioners have simply disappeared.”
Abuja, 20 February 2020
