The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Senator Bala Mohammed, has approved the compulsory retirement of 18 officers found culpable of age falsifications and certificate forgery.
This was one of the high points of the outcome of the recent biometric exercise carried out by the FCT Administration on staff data irregularities.
The interim report of the Implementation Committee of the recommendations submitted by the firm that handled the biometric exercise, established and confirmed 18 cases of age falsification/certificate forgery.
The Minister has directed that further clarifications and assessments on 11 officers with pending remarks, as well as 59 officers who are yet to respond to the queries sent to them through their respective Secretariats, Departments and Agencies.
Mohammed has further directed that the Implementation Committee carry out thorough certificate verification of all staff employed from 2006 to date, including all certificates acquired from 2006 by serving officers to date.
He instructed that the salaries of 156 officers that were verified and cleared be restored with effect from the date of stoppage of their salaries.
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