DOCUMENT: How FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji While Heading Nigerian Sugar Council Illegally Employed His Wife, Oluwatosin As Chief Accountant

The paperwork published that Oluwatosin used to be employed because the Chief Monetary Officer of the agency on salary grade stage 14 ( SGL14 Step 1) with out the required public service skills and “shut to empty recordsdata”.

Zacch Adelabu Adedeji, the instantaneous past govt secretary of the Nationwide Sugar Vogue Council, NSDC, allegedly employed his accomplice, Oluwatosin Adedeji, as Chief Accountant while heading the agency, paperwork considered by SaharaReporters salvage published. 

Adedeji, who’s the novel govt chairman of the Federal Inland Income Provider (FIRS), used to be appointed to head the NSDC by feeble President Muhammadu Buhari in March 2021.

He used to be there till President Bola Tinubu appointed him as FIRS Chairman in September 2023.

The paperwork published that Oluwatosin used to be employed because the Chief Monetary Officer of the agency on salary grade stage 14 ( SGL14 Step 1) with out the required public service skills and “shut to empty recordsdata”.

Additionally opposite to the conditions of the council, Adedeji signed the appointment letter of his accomplice rather than the Director of Human Sources Management.

In step with council conditions of service, “Appointment letters for administration workers (SSL. 03-01) shall be signed by the govt.secretary,

“Director, Human Resource Management shall sign appointment letters for workers on SSL. 14 to 04.”

The appointment letter dated February 1, 2023, with reference quantity NSDC/HQS/AD/110/8.1/11 reads, “On the subject of your application for employment to this organisation and your subsequent interview, I am directed to give you appointment as Chief Accountant on Sugar Wage Level 04 Step 1 (same to SGL. 14 Step 1), with build from the day you mediate responsibility. 

“This appointment is per the phrases and prerequisites of service of Nationwide Sugar Vogue Council,” segment of the appointment letter signed by Adedeji read.

In step with the Nigerian govt institution spherical 2011-2023, the processes of recruitment and appointment into the federal civil service, are, “Acquiring annual current institution from the Place of work of the Head of Civil Provider of the Federation;

“Acquiring a waiver for recruitment from the Place of work of the Head of Civil Provider of the Federation (OHCSF) based entirely mostly on the year’s current institution;

“Adherence to manpower funds for proposed recruitments, which must quiet be permitted by the supervising ministry or agency;

“Appropriate budgetary provisions to accommodate recruitments; the proposed

“Letter of clearance from the funds office of the federation to ascertain budgetary provisions for the proposed recruitment; (vi) approval of the federal persona commission for the distribution of vacancies for the proposed recruitment to assemble obvious equitable distribution of vacancies among the States;

“Acquiring certificate of compliance from the federal persona commission for the recruitment;

“Representations of the federal civil service commission as observers in recruitment processes in the Federal Ministries;

“Representation of the office of the pinnacle of the civil service of the federation [OHCSF], in insist to assemble obvious compliance with extant principles and procedures for recruitment; and

“Within the case of companies/parastatals, acceptable representations of supervising ministries and companies to give major guidance and give credibility to the train.”

Calls set up all the very best likely method by by SaharaReporters to Adedeji weren’t picked nor returned.

Additionally, a textual command material message despatched to his line used to be yet to be answered as of the time of this document. 
 

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