Nigeria, April 20 -- No fewer than 769 workers employed by the Osun State Government are enmeshed in a certificate scandal.

This was contained in a statement signed by the supervisor for the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Adelani Baderinwa, and made available to journalists in Osogbo, the capital of the state on Friday.

The statement highlighted that a consultancy firm, Captain Consultants, engaged five years ago by the Osun government to validate the credentials submitted by its workers, has completed its assignment and submitted its report. The report indicted 769 workers at various sectors.

Mr Baderinwa made it known that the verification of the workers credentials became important after series of reported forgery of results ...