The Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday announced that four thousand government officials and workers have been fined for failing to have their assets registered.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued on Monday, the commission said the officials and employees will be held accountable by law for failing to have their assets registered voluntarily.<\/p>\n
The commission said it has collected nearly $80,000 from the fine after they were made to get registered with a penalty.<\/p>\n
In the verification of the 41 government officials who have their wealth registered in a bid to prevent and control corruption, it was revealed that only one official was\u00a0proved to provide accurate information, an employee working in the commission told APA on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThus, out of the 41 list of the government officials, 24 high and 16 middle-level miss-match of wealth were discovered, while only one official had his properties properly registered,\u201d the commission said.<\/p>\n
Chief Executive Officer of the Commission\u2019s Emergency Prevention of Corruption, Gezhegn Gashaw, said that 1.8 million of the 2.3 million employees in government institutions nationwide have their wealth registered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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