Uduaghan suspends CSC chairman, members over recruitment fraud

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta, has suspended the Chairman and members of the board of the
state Civil Service Commission (CSC) over alleged impropriety in the recent recruitment into the state service.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Ovuozorie Macaulay and made available on Friday in Asaba.
The statement said the governor also ordered the setting up of an administrative panel of inquiry to review the exercise.
It explained that the suspension of the chairman and members of the CSC was to allow the panel to conduct the inquiry without any hindrance.
It said the suspension became necessary to investigate the alleged fraud in the recruitment process into the civil service.
“The recruitment which was to fill some vacancies in the service and respond to the employment needs of the state was abused and ridiculously mismanaged by the Civil Service Commission.
“More embarrassing is the allegation of gross misconduct, abuse of office and fraud involving the sale of employment,’’ the statement quoted Uduaghan as saying.
The statement said that some members of the commission were presently being interrogated by the security agencies. (NAN)