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Group Demands Probing Activities of S.A to The Head of Civil Service of The Federation
A Civil Society Organization, Watch Africa Civil Society Group has call on the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to look into “the criminal activities of your SA by name Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo who had retired from service”
This is contained in a petition dated 22nd July, 2022, to the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation a copy of which was received by Informavores.
The petition read, “We are a Civil Society Organization operating in Nigeria; our basic objective is to fight corruption and promotion of good governance. As a Non-Governmental organization, we have decided to join you in this very important crusade to expose greedy, corrupt, overzealous and vindictive Civil Servants who have caused and will continue to cause social-economic hardship to our nation if left unchecked
“In line with the zero corruption tolerance mantra of President Muhammad Buhari we have been encourage to inform you on the criminal activities of your SA by name Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo who had retired from service on 16 June 2022 retired by the virtue of mandatory 60 years of age in public services rules.
“is strongly alleged that Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo use his telephone number to call Directors from various Ministry demanding money and contract from them saying “if they don’t give me contract you will be posted out of the office and replaced with another who is ready to give. tis strongly alleged also that during the Permanent Secretary Exams conducted . In 2020 and 2021 that: Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Oiusanjoillegally intimidated and harassed persons of concern at the venue of the screening exercise because he has a candidate from one of the state that he was projecting.
“It may interest you to know that Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo your SA is interfering presently with a secret investigation been carried out by our organization on 1PPIS officers that uses the IPPIS platform to enrich themselves, friends and relation thereby causing government total loss in revenue. We were reliably inform, by my team of secret investigators that the position of Director of IPPIS is meant serving civil servant grade level 17 rather, a retired Director is cohort is the one still seating on the seat to cover up all the atrocities committed by Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo for avoidance of doubt the following officer as not civil servants but were capture on the platform by Director 1PPIS;
“In the course of our investigation activities, we came in contact with certain head of agencies, who strongly alleged that Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo was given some slots in the ongoing recruitment exercise done by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Federal Fire and immigration Service board for immigration officers as part of agreement to let the present Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Federal Fire and immigration Service board retain her position after retirement from services at the mandatory age of 60 years, which we consider such as ill-informed against the interest that Nigeria Civil and Public Service stand for.
“it may interest you to know that most of Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo candidates did not show up for the IPPIS verification exercise conducted by the Federal Civil Service Commission so as to avert been exposed but rather remain in the Ministry and still received Salary from the IPPIS, if you may recalled “that our sister civil society organization, Anti-Corruption and integrity Forum, filed a three- page petition to the House of Representatives signed by the President, Sola Williams and Secretary Victoria Abam on Falsification and doctoring of documents by some Secretaries, Directors Deputy Director and Assistant Permanents Director in Head of manned by A.I Mairiga and Mr Odejinmi Services Adebayo Olusanjo in conjunction with their master accomplice Mr lbrahim Anjuga who was supposed to have been but retired still in the office till this moment.
“The National Assembly was surprised at the irregularities thereafter the Speaker mandated the committee of Pubic petition to unravel these irregularities by requesting the Head of Service to produce a comprehensive list of Permanent and Secretaries, Parastatals Directors and Assistant Directors in Ministries, Department, Agencies for scrutiny and ensure investigation; Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo that the list was doctored to Suit his personal gain been the S.A to Head of Service he ensured he includes himself in every committee in the Office Head to Service to have an undue advantage in getting accurate information of every happening for his selfish activities. For avoidance of doubt, I refer you to punch Newspaper 5th April 2022 Headline Capture Reps Probe Perm Secs’ age Falsification, Service elongation 9. Consequently, the Chairman House Committee on Public Petition, Jerry Alagbaoso, has written to the Head of Service and the Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission in a letter dated march 29, 2022 Received on 31, March 2022 with reference Number NASS/99HR/CT,5; and the title ‘Request for names and personal Records Title Unauthorized extension of service tenures by the Federal Civil Service and the Head of the civil service between 2015 and 2022 Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo again frustrated the request to ensure he is not exposed. ”
The petition thereby prayed that “On the strength of the above, we respectfully request THE HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION to Consider and; direct the EFCC to investigate and prosecute Mr. Adebayo Odejimi and immediately ask him to proceed on retirement as is enshrined on the Public Service Rules. Recover all monies illegally paid to his account or by proxy to him for favorable Directorate posting and additional Salary he is receiving. That the Federal Civil Service Commission been an executive body created by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to take
“Recover all monies illegally paid to his account or by proxy to favorable Directorate him for posting and additional Salary he is receiving. That the Federal Civil Service Commission been an executive by the constitution of body created the Federal Republic of Nigeria to take Permanent charge of all Secretary selection make process and other Civil Service Position and recommendation to Mr President. fiv) G0 attar the following people listed on the list of fake IPPIS capture and also ask those Directors that have retired presently occupying the position or Director PPIS and the present Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Federal Fire and immigration Service Board, the Director recruitment and appointment Federal Civil Service Commission and other officers unmentioned. ”, it concluded.
Every effort to reach Mr Odejinmi Adebayo Olusanjo prove abortive.
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