According to him, based on the biometrics report submitted by the Bureau of Due- Process and E-Governance, which exposed the illegal employment syndrome, appropriate steps had been taken to identify those who were responsible for the action in all the ministries and government agencies where ghost workers were discovered.
Oworibo explained that it was necessary to identify those who were at the helm of affairs and approved the illegal employment so that innocent people would not be punished. He disclosed that nobody, no matter how highly placed, would be spared as the Secretary to the State Government would sanction those culpable who are political appointees, while the Head of Service would handle those who are civil servants.
On the controversy raging over illegal employment, Oworibo explained that the Timipre Sylva administration because of the human face of its policies had decided that it would not lay off those workers who have been identified as ghost workers.
He clarified that in the process of the implementation of the biometrics report; the state government discovered that the number of those who were classified as ghost workers was correct because of certain mix up especially in names.
Oworibo said since those who were identified as ghost workers are Bayelsans and who are qualified to work in the places they are, government would retain them but would punish those who allowed loop holes in the system.
Shedding light on illegal employment in the state, he said those whose employment were tagged illegal were those who were solely employed by heads of government agencies without any board approving the employment.
Oworibo added that statistics had revealed that many of those holding illegal employment were those appointed by close relatives or friends who found themselves in position of authority and abused the process of employment.
While expressing optimism that the reforms being carried out would enhance productivity, he said his office had concluded plans to ensure that training and re-training of civil servants attracts greater attention from the government.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Femi Folaranmi
Quelle/Source: Daily Sun, 09.04.2010
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