Dave Umahi, Ebonyi State Governor, has handed an indefinite suspension to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Head of Service, Martin Uguru, for extortion of civil servants.
The governor gave the suspension on Friday in a statement issued by his Principal Secretary, Emmanuel Obasi.
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“The money demanded by civil servants in charge of the process, was for the typing and collection of the document containing details of the promotion, they claimed.
“The governor directed the Secretary to the State Government to issue the letter of indefinite suspension to the permanent secretary for his complicity in the scam.
“All heads of administration and persons involved in this exploitation are to forfeit one month’s salary each.
“The concerned heads of administration are hereby directed to fully refund all monies collected from the newly-promoted civil servants.
“The refund should be paid directly to their bank accounts and such officials should submit the bank tellers to the Principal Secretary to the governor within 48 hours.
“Failure to comply with this directive attracts dismissal from the state civil service,’’ the statement read.
