By ASABA — No fewer than 200 civil servants in Delta State have been compulsorily retired for falsifying their age in a bid to illegally extend their years in service, the State Civil Service Commission has disclosed.
Chairman of the Commission and head of the ongoing staff screening committee, Chief Roseline Amioku, made this revelation while addressing journalists at the commission’s headquarters in Asaba on Monday.
According to her, the screening exercise uncovered widespread discrepancies in official records, with many civil servants altering their ages and presenting questionable credentials to remain in the public workforce.
“We found out that hundreds of civil servants who were supposed to have retired five years ago are still in service, receiving salaries.
“Many of them reduced their age to the extent that their own children are now senior to them,” Chief Amioku lamented.
She noted that whistleblowers from within the system had triggered the investigations, prompting the Commission to examine the files of staff across ministries and departments.
“So far, over 200 workers have been retired over age falsification, and we have only covered less than fifty per cent of the entire workforce,” she said.
“The exercise will continue into next year. We are committed to sanitising the system and ensuring that only eligible and competent hands are in service.”
Chief Amioku dismissed rumours suggesting the government was on a witch-hunt or seeking to reduce the wage bill by forcefully retiring staff.
“We are not witch-hunting anyone. This is about restoring integrity and productivity to the public service.
“It is not true that government is arbitrarily retiring workers. What we are doing is legitimate, fair, and necessary,” she explained.
She further warned that those with falsified records or unverified credentials would not escape detection, as the Commission remains determined to uphold due process and transparency in the ongoing reforms.
The compulsory retirement comes amid rising public concern about inefficiency in the civil service and a bloated wage bill.
Meanwhile, some affected workers have accused the government of targeting them unfairly, a claim the Commission continues to refute.
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