Delta to save N12.3bn from disengagement of fraudulent workers

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba

The Delta State Government has said that it hoped to recover N12.319 billion from public servants who fraudulently falsified their records of service, through a staff verification exercise.

The State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who disclosed this Monday in Asaba, while receiving the final report of the verification Committee, led by Mrs. Nkem Okwuofu, decried falsification of documents and laxity on the part of those who aid and abet such actions in the public service.

He also directed that the over 530 staff who falsified their retirement age or refused to appear before the committee on age discrepancy and date of birth and employment of public officers in the State should be expunged from the payroll immediately.

Okowa bemoaned the connivance of staff in the falsification and handling of records especially those that are…

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