The Saga of Age Falsification Among Civil Servants
By Evelyn Mkpo and Syl Tom
Earlier this year, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, Head of Civil Service of the Federation accused some civil servants of age falsification and went ahead to state in an interaction with newsmen that salaries of the civil servants who were culpable had been suspended via the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS).
According to statistics from the office of the Head of Service, the Federal Government, through the IPPIS exposed and sacked over 70,000 ghost workers from the civil service.
Esan said when the IPPIS portal was opened for verification, numerous people were hesitant as they had no intention of exposing their false date of birth.
No doubt, the growing cases of age falsification among Nigerian civil servants in recent times, either...