AKWA IBOM GOVERNMENT ASSURES WHISTLEBLOWERS OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Following the alleged employment racketeering in the Akwa Ibom Civil Service, the State government has urged the public to report anyone or group involved in the extortion for prosecution.
It assured that the privacy of the informant would be kept.
The Head of Service, HOS, Mr Effiong Essien, who disclosed this to journalists in Uyo on Tuesday, stated that his office had been working hard to ensure that the syndicate is smashed.
He regretted that scammers may have swindled unsuspecting applicants and issued them fake employment letters.
He said, “I don’t have any doubt about racketeering. Let us partner, let me know the members of that racket.
“The public service rule is there for any civil service caught in serious misconduct. If such a person is found wanting, at the end of it, it is dismissal from service.
“I would not spare anything to take full measure of discipline on anybody that is involved in it. You can inbox me privately, and I can assure you of privacy to such information.
“Let nobody collect money from any person in the name of employment. It is fake.”
On secret employment by the State government, the HOS insisted that government had not been involved in secret employment, adding that recent employments were based on the need of the service.
Essien announced that the service would soon be fully digitized as Governor Udom Emmanuel had shown interest in the complete digitization of the civil service.
He also condemned the nonchalant attitude of workers despite the State government’s efforts in paying salaries.
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