Contrary to the civil service
regulations, controversial Martins Ugwu, who has been working since 2006
in the Ministry of Health using the name, Dr. George Davidson Daniel,
was offered a job a week after he submitted his application for
employment.
The Federal Government has however
ordered the Departments of Finance and Accounts and Human Resources to
do a thorough computation of what he had earned for nine years with a
view to ensuring that he returns the money to the government’s coffers.
“The ministry is currently computing all
salaries and allowances which accrued to Ugwu during his mischievous
sojourn in the ministry, for full retrieval by the relevant law
enforcement agencies,” the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Health, Mr. Linus Awute, said.
Awute also said that since the fake
doctor assumed duty at the Health ministry, he had passed only one
promotion examination in 2013, which placed him on Grade Level 13 from
Grade Level 12.
Ugwu
was due to be promoted as Assistant Director in the Nigerian Centre for
Disease Control, a parastatal of the Federal Ministry of Health, before
he was exposed.
Awute stated this on Wednesday in Abuja
where the owner of the certificate, Dr. George Davidson Daniel, called
on security agencies to protect him because his life was being
threatened.
He also noted that Ugwu had collaborators
in the ministry, adding that based on this, “we have sent another
petition to the police to interview him to name his sponsors.”
The PS said it was necessary to place it
on record that the ministry did not employ any of its members of staff
directly, but through the Federal Civil Service Commission which has the
statutory powers to do so.
Awute said, “Mr. Martins Ugwu Okpe, who
hails from Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, got himself
employed fraudulently using the stolen documents of his childhood friend
and best man, Dr. George Davidson Daniel, who has offered to appear at
this press briefing to clear his name.
Martins Ugwu was offered an
appointment by the FCSC on August 30, 2006 and was posted to the Federal
Ministry of Health in September same year.
“The surprising thing about Ugwu’s
appointment is that he applied for the job on October 10, 2006. He was
subsequently offered the job on October 17, 2006 and he applied for an
identity card on the 19 of the same month.”
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