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| Samuel Ortom |
According to Today.ng, the Governor
of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has revealed that the ongoing verification of
local council staff has shown that one individual (name withheld) included 160
fake names on a payment voucher and was collecting salaries for these names.
The Governor, made the disclosure
at the 2015 Praise Night held at the Open Air Theatre of the Aminu Isah
Kontagora Complex yesterday, said his insistence on the screening exercise at
the third tier was justified.
“We are committed to doing the
right thing. I have told appointees who took the oath of office before me that
they must sit up and be prepared to serve the state selflessly,” he said.
He stressed that anyone involved
in sharp practices would be handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution,
intimating that the other persons involved in fraud at the ICT Centre of the
Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs have been uncovered and
handed over to the police for prosecution.
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