Tinubu recently ordered that civil servants who have relocated abroad but still drawing salaries from the Nigerian government should be made to refund the money.
A Nigerian taxi driver in the United Kingdom has opened up on how he has continued to draw a salary from the Federal Civil Service despite having fully relocated abroad.
The driver, whose story was recently published by BBC under a pseudonym, left Nigeria two years ago but has not resigned from his position as a junior official at a government agency and still gets paid each month.
His story came to light some days afterPresident Bola Tinubu ordered a crackdown on civil servants who are still drawing salaries from the government coffers despite no longer being in the country.
Alarmed by the revelations the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoSF), Folasade Yemi-Esan, shared with him regarding employees who had relocated abroad while drawing salaries without formally resigning, Tinubu ordered that those responsible must be held to account.
The President directed that beneficiaries of the practice should not only be made to repay the money but those who aided them should be investigated and punished accordingly.
“The culprits must be made to refund the money they have fraudulently collected.
“Their supervisors and department heads must also be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud under their watch,” Tinubu said.
UK taxi driver says there won't be consequences.
However, reacting to the President's threat, the UK-based cabby said he's not worried about losing his salary because he now makes a lot more driving a taxi.
He added that he won't lose sleep over losing his monthly Nigerian salary of 150,000, naira which is equivalent to $100 or £80.
“When I heard about the president's directive, I smiled because I know I am doing better here - and not worried,” he told BBC.
