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  • Enugu Govt. places public servants on surveillance

     

    Enugu State Government says public servants in the state are under surveillance due to high level of fraud being unearthed in the service.

     

    As a result, the State Executive Council had promised to sack and or prosecute corrupt workers in the state.

     

    The Commissioner for Information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, revealed this in Enugu on Saturday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the council meeting held on Friday evening.

     

    Anikwe said that the council took the stand following further fraud being unearthed among workers in the Post Primary School Education Management Board (PPSMB).

     

    “Government through its anti corruption measures has discovered another set of fraud relating to issues of ghost workers in PPSMB.

     

    “The Chairman of the board, Mr Nestor Ezeme, had three months ago obtained the leave of the council to pay salaries directly to workers after which he had a leftover of N7 million in the first month.

     

    “He thought it was an oversight and that those not paid would come to claim the sum but it continued for three months,” he said.

     

    The commissioner said that the unclaimed N21 million that was saved in the last three months the exercise started had been returned to the state treasury.

     

    “We now have a situation where Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is very upset with the way public servants have carried on their responsibilities.

     

    “Civil servants are now being put on the radar because we cannot be coming out every week to hear stories of how they are not doing their job and only interested in defrauding the state,” he said.

     

    He said that the council had decided that all the officers identified in the scam would be reported to anti -corruption agencies for prosecution.

     

    “The council has decided that all the officers so far identified will be queried and suspended for the period of investigation.

     

    “They will eventually be taken to court or in some cases dismissed from the service,” he said.

     

    The commissioner said that the chairman of the board had been mandated to find out the sum that the state government had lost to the scam in the PPSMB.

     

    TheNewsGuru reports that this is the umpteenth time ghost workers were discovered in the life of this administration after over 6,000 of same were fished out in the local government system.

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  • Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium not ready for CAF competition – NFF

    Mr. Bola Oyeyode, Director of Competitions, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), says the current state of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium is below standard for Africa Football Confederation (CAF) competitions.

    Oyeyode, who made the assertion on Thursday in Enugu while speaking with newsmen, said the deplorable condition of facilities at the stadium was nothing to write home about.

    “With the current condition of the stadium, I doubt if CAF will consider the stadium as a venue for its matches,’’ he said.

    He urged the Enugu State Government to commence an upgrade of the facilities to ensure the stadium would be approved when CAF delegates come for inspection.

    “The structure needs to wear a new look, the rooms are untidy for human use and equally lots of plumbing work need to be done,’’ he said.

    Oyeyode said that there were some facilities that needed to be provided, especially for the match officials.

    “The stadium needs Wifi network coverage for international observers and the media for proper coverage of matches.

    “At the moment, the stadium stands at 40 percent for CAF approval because we cannot scarifies people’s health, service and comfort on the altar of mediocrity,’’ he said.

    He said the pitch was an artificial one and was still good but needed maintenance, adding that the dressing rooms, the toilets and the stadium seats needed to be cleaned.

    Oyeyode advised that wood pitch panels be removed from the stadium as they could cause fire.

    He said that government needed to come out and put the stadium in order as Rangers would be participating in the CAF Championships League.