This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the Kwara State Committee on Personnel Database Development. According to the commitee, the affected workers have since been handed to security operatives for further investigations and possible prosecution.

The committee, therefore, advised anybody in possession of unverified academic credentials to rectify their documents or risk arrest and prosecution by security agencies.

The Committee stressed that the state government takes the workers and pensioners verification exercise very seriously and would frown at any attempt by any attempt to circumvent or abuse the process by presenting false documents, which it emphasized, is a criminal offence.

The verification exercise, which began on Monday, 4 April, is expected to end on the 16th of May, 2016.