The recently retrenched 406 senior staff of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), will be facing criminal charges as stipulated by the Nigerian constitution, the commission's Director General, Mr. Chris Onyemenam says.

The senior staff were sacked following a court order which found them guilty of falsifying their service records, ThisDay reports.    

"It is not true that NIMC has planned to sack or retrench 1,000 workers. However 406 senior members of staff who falsified their service records and thus have been profiting from that fraud, have been formally reported to the appropriate offices for further action."

He also denied embezzling funds meant for the commission.

He added that, "Embezzlement of N30 billion again is misunderstanding of the facts that has been interpreted to suit the presenter's purpose. In September 2011 government approved N30.066 billion from the procurement of cards and the accelerated expansion of the back end. And within budgetary constraints, we are very proud of the support we have received "

He revealed that the said money was meant for a period of three years and the commission had already received N17.2 billion out of the 30 billion, adding that N940 million was spent on the redundant staff sacked in 2012.