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Who are they? Are they ghosts?\u201d She queried.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Research Evaluation and Policy Analysis\/Certificate Verification Department (REPA), Mrs Shuaib Memunat Dede, in a welcome address, commended the Head of Civil Service for her pro-activeness in ensuring the actualization of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The affected civil servants failed to comply with Kogi State government\u2019s directive to update their records Kogi State Government has stopped the salaries of 231 individuals working in the State Civil Service. The State Head of Service Mrs. Hannah Odiyo disclosed this in Lokoja while flagging off issuance of State Identity Cards for workers. 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