Over 700 suspected fake appointment letters have been discovered in the Bayelsa State Civil Service.
Members of some of the syndicates involved in the employment racketeering are said to have been arrested.
Chairman of the Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission, Peter Singabele, stated this after he received the report of the Committee on Verification of Appointments inaugurated by the Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission in March 2020.
Singabele, noted that most of the syndicates operated with some officials at the Civil Service Commission and the State Treasury.
According to him the syndicates, who are believed to be senior civil servants and government circle were suspected to have fraudulently facilitated appointments into the State’s civil service using fake Governor’s letterhead and signature.
Dr Singabele who received the report from the Dr Mightyman Dikuro- led employment letter verification panel, said disciplinary actions would be taken after studying the recommendations of the Committee according to the civil service rules of Nigeria.
The Chairman also assured all genuine civil servants not to panic over the fake stories making the rounds on different social media platforms that Governor Douye Diri was planning to sack workers employed by the previous administration, insisting that there are no such plans.
