Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has directed the stoppage of the salaries of 10,800 workers employed by his predecessor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
Before it took over, the new administration had accused Ganduje’s government of illegally employing over 10,000 workers when it was about to leave office
The state’s Accountant General, Abdulkadir Abdusalam, who revealed this on Monday, said the governor had ordered his office to expunge the workers from the state’s payroll.
Abdulsalam said his office would investigate to determine the authenticity of their engagement and procedures to remove those illegally recruited.
He said said all Local Government workers who were converted to state workers by the former administration will continue receiving their salaries, but based on Local Government levels.
The Accountant General, however, told them to continue working in their new state’s MDAs until investigation is concluded.
Abdulsalam told the workers and pensioners in the state that henceforth, they will not experience unnecessary deductions from their remuneration as it was under the previous administration.
He also said the state has now paid National Examinations Council (NECO) fees for over 60,000 secondary school students.
