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Certificate Forgery Scandal Rocks National Broadcasting Commission

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The management of the National Broadcasting Commission have refused to act in accordance with the recommendations from a forgery report investigation involving a staff , Caroline Animan.

Animan, a confidential secretary at NBC, who has been an employee of the Commission for over 20 years, had presented a fake National Diploma certificate in Secretarial Studies  issued by Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State.

After an official investigation and document verification by the NBC eight months ago, the institution had confirmed the “certificate” presented by Animan (formerly Carolene U. Umelue) as fake.

The Principal Assistant Registrar (Exams and Records) of the Polytechnic, Olusegun Ogunpola, through a letter titled: “Re: Request for Document Verification: Carolene U. Umelue” dated June 23, 2014 categorically said the certificate was fake.

The NBC official who were in charge of verifying the document presented by Ms. Animan submitted a report titled “Re: Report On Document Verification: Statement Of Result Presented By Caroline Animan (Mrs)” to the Director General of the NBC through the Zonal Director, Ibadan Zone, on June 24, 2014.

The report showed that Animan is guilty of the allegations against her and recommended she should be sacked from the commission after facing appropriate disciplinary committee, in line with Public Service Rule which considers the presentation of forged credentials a case of gross misconduct for which erring officials should be punished with dismissal, once the allegations are proven.

It also attached the letter from the Polytechnic and the forged certificate marked “fake” by Mr. Ogunpola of the Exams and Records of the institution.

The report also stated that Animan’s offence is criminal, and therefore the Commission is statutorily obliged to report her to the police and/ or the Independent Corrupt Practices and related offences Commission for criminal prosecution.

The management of the Commission has refused to take administrative action or report Animan for criminal prosecution as required by Public Service Rules.

An official of NBC alleged that the delay in acting on the recommendations of the report is because some top officials who are in the capacity to act may have also submitted fake credentials to the Commission.

The Director General of the Commission, Emeka Mba, when contacted said questions on the matter be directed to the organisation’s Head of Public Affairs, Awwalu Saliu.

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