FG dismiss senior government officials over job scam

While speaking to select On-Air-Personalities in
Lagos state today Jan 23rd, Minister of
Information, Lai Mohammed, revealed that when
he assumed office as a Minister, he discovered
some Senior officials in a particular parastatal
who were indicted in a job scam where they
collected as much as N400, 000 from
unsuspecting job applicants.
According to him, he dismissed them from service
after they were found guilty
"The first scandal I met in one of the
parastatals when I assumed office was the
illegal employment of 400 people. This
scandal started with very senior officers up
to level 17 in that department. They sent
out letters and text messages asking
people to apply for jobs for a fee of N400,
000 and they were given letters of
employment. They did not stop there. They
invited these people to go and be captured
on the IPPIS and they even took cameras to
hotels to get them captured. At the end of
the day the bubble burst. One of the victims
told these officials, you cannot take my
money and still disengage me. I have a
valid letter. That is how we got to know
that there is a dedicated account these
people pay to. Of course, we dismissed
these officials and we even handed them
over to the Police“ he said