Fake Doctor To Refund Nine years Wages To FG

The fake doctor who practised with his friend's ID for 19 years 

was yesterday paraded in Abuja and the Federal Government 

has ordered that he returns all the money he earned for nine 

years to the pocket of the FG.

The FG has ordered the Departments of Finance and Accounts 

and Human Resources to do a thorough computation of what 

he had earned for nine years with a view to ensuring that he 

returns the money to the government’s coffers.

“The ministry is currently computing all salaries and allowances 

which was accrued to Ugwu during his mischievous sojourn in 

the ministry, for full retrieval by the relevant law enforcement 

agencies,” the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, 

Mr. Linus Awute, said.

Awute also said that since the fake doctor assumed duty at 

the Health ministry, he had passed only one promotion 

examination in 2013, which placed him on Grade Level 13 

from Grade Level 12.

Ugwu was due to be promoted as Assistant Director in the 

Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, a parastatal of the Federal 

Ministry of Health, before he was exposed.

Awute stated this on Wednesday in Abuja where the owner of 

the certificate, Dr. George Davidson Daniel, called on security 

agencies to protect him because his life was being threatened.

He also noted that Ugwu had collaborators in the ministry, 

adding that based on this, “we have sent another petition to 

the police to interview him to name his sponsors.”

The PS also emphasised that the ministry did not employ any 

of its members of staff directly, but through the Federal Civil 

Service Commission which has the statutory powers to do so.

Awute said, “Mr. Martins Ugwu Okpeh, who hails from Ogbadibo 

Local Government Area of Benue State, got himself employed 

fraudulently using the stolen documents of his childhood friend 

and best man, Dr. George Davidson Daniel, who has offered to 

appear at this press briefing to clear his name. Martins Ugwu 

was offered an appointment by the FCSC on August 30, 2006 

and was posted to the Federal Ministry of Health in September 

same year.

“The surprising thing about Ugwu’s appointment is that he 

applied for the job on October 10, 2006. He was subsequently 

offered the job on October 17, 2006 and he applied for an 

identity card on the 19 of the same month.”

Contrary to the civil service regulations, controversial Martins 

Ugwu, who has been working since 2006 in the Ministry of 

Health using the name, Dr. George Davidson Daniel, was 

offered a job just a week after he submitted his application 

for employment.