Fraud in Ondo ministries, N104m diverted, Govt arrests 25 workers
Ondo State government has arrested 25 civil servants for employement scam and over hundred million naira fraud in the ministries.
Apart from the fraud, the suspected workers were said to have inflated workers in the government payroll, diverting the salaries into their personal purse.
Speaking during the parade of the suspects, the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Special Duties, Mr Doyin Odebowale, disclosed that the suspected workers were nabbed due to the reforms carried out by the State Head of Service, Mr Dare Aragbaye.
He said some of their offences also include, stealing millions of naira, employment racketeering and including fictitious names in the payroll of the state government.
“We are here because of certain suspects in civil service that the governor directed us to prosecute. There have been stealing going on undetected in the ministries. They do it in several ways, especially through the staff list.”
“We have people that imputed fictitious figures into the payroll. When the new Head of Service got into office, he introduced certain reforms to make us know those in actual service. Through that we were able to discover that certain elements whose names appear on the staff list were never employed.”
“A particular man even employed his wife and placed her on level 14. She never attended interview and she has been collecting salaries.”
“One of them also moved N104 million out of SUBEB account. We have other instances of other millions of naira moved by these workers.”
“These were pure stealing. They have been suspended. They will be prosecuted and made to face disciplinary measures.” He said.
