See The Number Of Workers Sacked By Governor Ajimobi For Forging Their WAEC Certificates

The Oyo State Government has sacked no fewer than 662 workers from the state public service for allegedly forging their West Africa Secondary School Certificates.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi approved the dismissal while the government also said it had to remove 2,021 fictitious names of workers and pensioners from its payroll.

This was disclosed yesterday, December 6 by the Head of Service, Mr. Soji Eniade, following the decision at the Executive Council meeting held on Monday at the governor’s office.

Eniade, who was flanked by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Bashir Olanrewaju, explained that about 684 workers were not found at their duty posts during the last Physical Verification Exercise, PVE, carried out in the state recently.