The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has ordered the immediate dismissal of some civil servants in the state for collecting double salaries from the government, IgbereTV reports
The Governor gave the order after receiving a report of a committee set up for the verification, scrutinization and clean up of the state’s payroll, salaries and pension headed by a retired Permanent Secretary in the state, Victor Anjorin, on Wednesday.
The affected civil servants said to be over 9,000, were screened last year for alleged age falsification, alteration of documents and employment racketeering after it was discovered that the state wage bill kept increasing.
While expressing his dismay at the act perpetrated by the staff, Akeredolu directed all ministries, departments and parastatals in the state to stop recruitment under any guise until the salary verification committee had concluded its assignment.
“We have over-bloated workforce, and undoubtedly, I am sure there are many ghost workers. Those who are receiving double salaries, apart from recovering the money from them, I am directing the Head of Service to get them dismissed. They must serve as deterrent to others,” he said.
The Chairman of the committee, Olajorin, explained that the committee had beamed its searchlight on government parastatals including the Teaching Service Commission, Hospitals’ Management Board and Local Government Service Commission among others
