There was outrage on Sunday over a United Kingdom-based taxi driver, who remained on the Federal Government’s payroll despite migrating to the UK in 2022.
The BBC had on Sunday reported that a 36-year-old Nigerian civil servant, referred to as Sabitu Adams (not real name), who moved to the United Kingdom in 2022, was still collecting the salary of a civil servant.
‘Collecting N150,000 monthly’
According to the report, despite working as a taxi driver in the UK, Adams disclosed to the BBC that he continues to receive N150,000 monthly from the government job in Nigeria due to an understanding with his boss.
Civil society organisations who spoke on Sunday said the report was an indication of how deeply-rooted corruption was in the Nigerian civil service.
President Bola Tinubu had last week ordered a crackdown on civil servants who were still collecting salaries despite migrating abroad.
“The culprits must be made to refund the money they have fraudulently collected,” he said.
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