Nigerian Civil Servant In UK Confesses To Still Being On Government Payroll

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A UK-based cab driver who left Nigeria two years ago continues to receive a monthly salary from the Nigerian government as a junior official at a government agency.

Sabitu Adams, now working as a taxi driver in the UK, had his name changed in a BBC report to protect his identity.

Despite annual government biometric verifications that uncover ghost workers and publicize the money saved, no one has been announced as arrested or prosecuted for the scam.

Last week, President Bola Tinubu directed that all civil servants receiving salaries from the government after relocating abroad should refund the money.

Tinubu also ordered that the culprits’ supervisors and department heads be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud while they were in charge.

Adams told the BBC he is not worried about the president’s directives because he earns better as a taxi driver in the UK.

The 36-year-old said, “When I heard about the president’s directive, I smiled because I know I am doing better here – and not worried.”

The cab driver said he did not resign “in case I choose to go back to my job after a few years.”

Adams was quoted as saying he had an arrangement with his boss in Nigeria, who is a “relative.”