Delta House of Assembly sacks 26 employees for certificate forgery
(Nigeria) Mrs Josephine Kachikwu, the Chairman, Delta State
House of Assembly Commission, said 26 employees of the commission had been
dismissed from service due to certificate forgery.
Kachikwu said this in a statement by her on Monday in Asaba,
said that those affected were two management staff, 10 middle management cadre
staff, five technical officers, six senior admin officers, and three junior
staff, while cases of 22 others were pending.
She said that the dismissal was effected after a thorough
verification and re-verification exercise had been carried out by a team of
experts.
``This was consequent upon the infighting by some employees
over seniority which resulted in protests that some of their colleagues were
presenting fake certificates so that they will be upgraded far and above their
equals.
``The commission
engaged the services of a firm of external auditors to carry out certificate
verification.
``The firm has
submitted its report and every case was subjected to further re-verification to
remove any possible human error and so far, 26 employees have been dismissed
from the service of the commission for parading fake certificates.
The statement quoted Kachikwu as saying that the
commission's decision to sack the staff would ``go down in history as the most
agonising decision by the commission."
It said that since the inauguration of the commission with
her as Chairman by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2011, it had been carrying out a
policy of motivation of employees.
``This is to ensure an efficient and effective service
delivery in the legislature and eligible staff for promotion are subjected to a
refresher course and subsequent examination before being promoted. As an
incentive, the commission pays a handsome outfit allowance to all staff
annually to enable them maintain corporate and dignifying looks befitting of
parliamentary staff," the statement said.
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