ASABA — The Delta State Civil Service Commission has announced the compulsory retirement of over 200 civil servants found guilty of age falsification in a sweeping verification and screening exercise currently underway across the state.

 

Chairman of the Commission, Chief Roseline Amioku, disclosed this during a press briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Asaba. She revealed that the affected workers had deliberately manipulated their official records in a bid to extend their tenure in the civil service, contrary to existing regulations.

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“We embarked on this screening exercise because the governor believes that there are many individuals in the system who should have retired but are still in active service,” Amioku said. “For instance, we discovered a man who was supposed to retire in 2022 but is still working. He has now been asked to proceed on retirement.”

 

Amioku noted that the exercise, which is part of the state’s broader civil service reform agenda, also uncovered cases of questionable credentials and other irregularities.

 

She emphasized that the verification was not intended as a witch-hunt, but a necessary step towards restoring integrity, efficiency, and productivity in the public service. “This is part of the reforms aimed at ensuring effective service delivery,” she added.

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Addressing public criticism that the exercise was an attempt to cut down the state’s wage bill, the commission’s chairman dismissed the allegation as unfounded. “No one is being forced to retire. Those affected were found to have manipulated their records in order to stay longer than permitted by law,” she clarified.

 

According to Amioku, the ongoing exercise will be implemented in phases across all ministries, departments, and agencies in the state.

 

It would be recalled that some of the affected civil servants had earlier accused the government of arbitrary retirement decisions, a claim the commission has now firmly denied.