A total 754 civil servants have been sacked by the Niger State Government, the chairman of the state civil service commission, Sheu Yusuf Galadima, has said.
Galadima who disclosed this on Tuesday at a press conference in Minna, said out of the total number 380 were forcefully retired due to their involvement in fraudulent acts of alteration of date of birth or first appointment.
He also said about 328 personnel were dismissed from service after the Commission undertook a forensic examination of all certificates pledged by personnel during their interview for their respective jobs. He added that the institutions they purported to have attended declared their claims as “forgeries”.
“46 personnel discovered to have violated the extant rules were summarily dismissed after thorough investigation and interviewed with the affected personnel,’ Galadima said.
“Among them is a medical doctor, 31 pension board staff, five accountants, two health workers and four ICT personnel.”
He said the state has about 24,000 staff, and had recruited 1,133 youths to fill the existing vacancies across ministries and departments.
