The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Federal Constituency of Ebonyi State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinedu Ogah, has alleged that people enlisted in the ongoing recruitment exercise of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) are not genuine indigenes of Ebonyi State.
Ogah in a statent on Thursday urged the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of the FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, to immediately review the list and enlist genuine indigenes of the state.
He described the development as unacceptable, a shortchanging of Ebonyi in the recruitment exercise and a violation of the federal character principle.
He said the federal character principle stipulates that every state must be equitably and genuinely represented in recruitment exercises conducted by federal agencies, ministries, departments and parastatals.
The lawmaker, who is Chairman of the House Committee on Reformatory Institutions, alleged that names contained in the list released by the FRSC as successful candidates under the Ebonyi quota were not indigenes of the state.
He further alleged that some of the candidates presented forged identification certificates to secure employment under the Ebonyi quota, thereby denying genuine indigenes the opportunity to benefit from the recruitment.
“The Corps Marshal of FRSC should review the list for Ebonyi quota in the ongoing recruitment exercise because the names in the Ebonyi list are not Ebonyi people.
“If the Corps argues this, there should be a physical parade of those candidates they enlisted as Ebonyi people. Let us come and show them that those candidates are carrying fake identification certificates,” Ogah said.
He urged the FRSC to immediately correct what he described as an anomaly by ensuring that genuine Ebonyi indigenes are enlisted under the state's quota.
“The Corps should immediately enlist real Ebonyi people into the ongoing recruitment exercise because Ebonyi quota can't be given to those that are not indigenes of the state.
“They should obey the federal character rules which stipulate that every employment must be done equitably and genuinely.
“They should not tag people they enlisted as Ebonyi people because they are not our people. Over 80 per cent of those people they enlisted for Ebonyi State are not indigenes of the state,” he alleged.
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