FG Orders Fresh Civil Service Verification Over Job Racketeering Scandal — Fake Letters to Be Flushed Out
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has launched a new verification exercise targeting thousands of civil servants recruited between 2013 and 2020, amid allegations of job racketeering and the sale of employment slots.
In a circular dated August 4, 2025, Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) Permanent Secretary, Ndiomu Ebiogeh Philip, said the exercise is aimed at officers who skipped the 2021 verification. Anyone absent this time will be deemed to hold a fake appointment letter and removed from service, with no further extensions granted.
The move follows a petition by Martins Oghenerhoro Richard Atijegbe, a Ministry of Works staff, who alleged that senior officials sold federal jobs for up to ₦2.5 million, issuing fake letters and quickly placing unqualified recruits on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Martins, who claims he is now facing retaliation for exposing the scandal, accused the ministry of fraud and cover-ups. The ministry, however, has dismissed the allegations as “fictitious.”
Affected officers must check published lists online or on notice boards, and present original and photocopies of documents including appointment and promotion letters, gazette confirmations, and July 2025 IPPIS payslips. The exercise will run August 18–28, 2025, covering ministries like Agriculture, Defence, Education, Justice, Works, and others.
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President Bola Tinubu’s administration has launched a new verification exercise targeting thousands of civil servants recruited between 2013 and 2020, amid allegations of job racketeering and the sale of employment slots.
In a circular dated August 4, 2025, Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) Permanent Secretary, Ndiomu Ebiogeh Philip, said the exercise is aimed at officers who skipped the 2021 verification. Anyone absent this time will be deemed to hold a fake appointment letter and removed from service, with no further extensions granted.
The move follows a petition by Martins Oghenerhoro Richard Atijegbe, a Ministry of Works staff, who alleged that senior officials sold federal jobs for up to ₦2.5 million, issuing fake letters and quickly placing unqualified recruits on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Martins, who claims he is now facing retaliation for exposing the scandal, accused the ministry of fraud and cover-ups. The ministry, however, has dismissed the allegations as “fictitious.”
Affected officers must check published lists online or on notice boards, and present original and photocopies of documents including appointment and promotion letters, gazette confirmations, and July 2025 IPPIS payslips. The exercise will run August 18–28, 2025, covering ministries like Agriculture, Defence, Education, Justice, Works, and others.
#FGVerification #CivilServiceScandal #NigeriaGovt #JobRacketeering #TinubuAdministration #AntiCorruption
FG Orders Fresh Civil Service Verification Over Job Racketeering Scandal — Fake Letters to Be Flushed Out
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has launched a new verification exercise targeting thousands of civil servants recruited between 2013 and 2020, amid allegations of job racketeering and the sale of employment slots.
In a circular dated August 4, 2025, Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) Permanent Secretary, Ndiomu Ebiogeh Philip, said the exercise is aimed at officers who skipped the 2021 verification. Anyone absent this time will be deemed to hold a fake appointment letter and removed from service, with no further extensions granted.
The move follows a petition by Martins Oghenerhoro Richard Atijegbe, a Ministry of Works staff, who alleged that senior officials sold federal jobs for up to ₦2.5 million, issuing fake letters and quickly placing unqualified recruits on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Martins, who claims he is now facing retaliation for exposing the scandal, accused the ministry of fraud and cover-ups. The ministry, however, has dismissed the allegations as “fictitious.”
Affected officers must check published lists online or on notice boards, and present original and photocopies of documents including appointment and promotion letters, gazette confirmations, and July 2025 IPPIS payslips. The exercise will run August 18–28, 2025, covering ministries like Agriculture, Defence, Education, Justice, Works, and others.
#FGVerification #CivilServiceScandal #NigeriaGovt #JobRacketeering #TinubuAdministration #AntiCorruption
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