Nigeria: Echo of Employment From the Graveyard

28 April 2013

Events in the Senate last week were full of surprises. Different activities which took place in the upper chamber were marked by intrigues. First, a bewildered Senate committee probing bribe-for-job scam in the country was told how two employment letters possessed by two individuals were signed by a dead man.

The beneficiaries - Mrs. Rose Odey and Idachaba Tijani - reportedly paid over N250,000 to Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) to secure jobs in federal ministries. But months after they were absorbed into the civil service, it was discovered that their mode of employment was faulty. Curious investigation into their entry into the civil service later showed that their letters bore the signature of a dead man.

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