{"id":675,"date":"2017-05-04T14:25:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2017-05-04T14:25:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:25:51","slug":"tanzania-dismisses-9900-civil-servants-over-forged-college-certificates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2017\/05\/04\/tanzania-dismisses-9900-civil-servants-over-forged-college-certificates\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania dismisses 9,900 civil servants over forged college certificates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\">\n<p>The president of <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> has ordered the immediate dismissal of more than 9,900 civil servants after a nationwide verification of academic credentials uncovered workers with forged school and college certificates.<\/p>\n<p>Elected in October 2015, John Magufuli has also dismissed several senior officials, including the head of the government\u2019s anti-corruption body, the tax chief, a senior rail official and head of the port authority as part of a wider anti-corruption drive.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses have long complained that corruption and government inefficiency were major obstacles to investing in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown on fake degree holders comes after another purge launched in March last year discovered more than 19,700 \u201cghost workers\u201d on the east African country\u2019s public sector payroll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been working hard to create new jobs while there are people in government who hold fake degrees,\u201d Magufuli said on Friday after receiving a report on academic fraud in the civil service.<\/p>\n<p>The government had also been losing 238bn shillings (\u00a382m) each year to \u201cghost workers\u201d, he said, adding that they had now been removed from the public payroll.<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania spends more than \u00a3200m a month to pay civil servants\u2019 salaries. The government believes the public wage bill is bloated, with more than 550,000 civil servants at national and local levels.<\/p>\n<p>Magufuli ordered officials to \u201cname and shame\u201d by publishing a list of all civil servants with forged academic qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people occupied government positions but had no qualifications &#8230; they robbed us just like other common criminals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The president added that the audit had also found that the academic records of more than 1,500 civil servants were used by multiple people, while more than 11,500 government employees had incomplete academic records.<\/p>\n<p>(This article was retrieved from The Guardian)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The president of Tanzania has ordered the immediate dismissal of more than 9,900 civil servants after a nationwide verification of academic credentials uncovered workers with forged school and college certificates. 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