Delta sacks 145 ghost civil servants, truants

Over 145 staff of the state Post Primary Education Board (PPEB) in Delta State have been sacked. The affected staff include 52 truants, who have either abandoned or absconded from their duty posts, while 93 have been confirmed dead and nine others who were found to be irregular in attendance at work. In a statement […]

Over 145 staff of the state Post Primary Education Board (PPEB) in Delta State have been sacked.

The affected staff include 52 truants, who have either abandoned or absconded from their duty posts, while 93 have been confirmed dead and nine others who were found to be irregular in attendance at work.

In a statement issued by the Head of Service, Reginald Bayoko, the state government said the measure was part of efforts by the Okowa administration to check ghost workers’ syndrome, sanitise the payroll system and rid the state public service of truancy.

Bayoko said that those who have been receiving salaries after absconding or abandoning their duty posts would be reported to the police and be made to face the full wrath of the law.

He maintained  that for the nine staff who were irregular in attendance at work, appropriate disciplinary action would be taken against them, according to relevant extant regulations

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa recently directed that the names of about 530 workers be deleted from the payroll who fraudulently falsified their record of service.

According to latest government update on the staff verification exercise, the sum of N12.319 billion naira was  recovered from the sack of the 530 civil servants.