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183 federal ministries, agencies in massive illegal recruitment
Almost all federal ministries, departments and agencies have been carrying out illegal mass recruitments, SUNDAY PUNCH gathered on Saturday.
Many government parastatals including the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, and the Nigerian Prisons Service, among others have been dogged by recruitment scandals which they have vehemently denied.
A document obtained by our correspondent showed that following a review carried out by the Ministry of Finance, 183 out of 185 MDAs had recruited 13,780 staff in recent years.
Out of this number, 6,917 were recruited without any formal approval; 2,314 were employed by seven universities with governing council approval; only while 4,549 had correctly obtained approval from the Office of the Head of Service and Federal Character Commission.
The review showed that out of the 185 agencies, only the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army sought approval for their recruitment.
Punch, August 13, 2017
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Anita Kingsley
August 13, 2017 at 1:50 pm
This is a toxic to the Nigerian system, why won’t there be fraud in the public agencies? When thousands of people illegally got employment, when they defraud the government, who will trace them out? Nigeria’s system is sick. All biafrans should be happy for having a better country in view.
Animashaun Ayodeji
August 13, 2017 at 1:52 pm
I may surprised the federal government is just noticing this! We nigerians know all these things happen before now, why is it now that the federal government is just raising alarm?
Abeni Adebisi
August 13, 2017 at 2:01 pm
Lol… that’s not possible, FG cannot claim not to be aware of this. If FG isn’t aware, they who has been employing and paying salaries of this illegal workers? It isbthe federal government that has been conducting the illegal recruitments over the years, just because they get some percentages off the workers salaries.
yanju omotodun
August 13, 2017 at 7:32 pm
I am not surprised at all because there has never been pure recruitment into the civil service except who you know
JOHNSON PETER
August 13, 2017 at 10:02 pm
Let’s all drum support for Biafra where there will be transparent recruitment without biasness
seyi jelili
August 13, 2017 at 11:12 pm
Lol. Johnson and Biafra, two mumu and blind entities