Most of the civil servants were stunned when they saw illegal deductions from their June salaries from between N10,000 to N20,000 depending on their salary grade levels when they got to their various banks to cash their salaries.
The state governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello who confirmed the development while speaking at the 13th Niger state Trade Fair in Minna yesterday described the deduction as illegal and fraudulent and also a calculated attempt to sabotage his government.
He vowed to punish whoever is involved in the act of depriving workers of their hard earned salaries, adding that his government will not condone corruption.
According to him,”reports getting to me reveal that workers salaries have been reduced by N10,000 and N20,000 in some cases. This is an unfortunate situation which sounds and appears to me like a deliberate fraudulent action.”
He expressed doubt over the speculation that the development may be as a result of system failure and immediately set up a panel to look into the issue and report to him by next Tuesday.
He said, “It could be a system failure which has reduced workers salaries . Be as it may, I have directed the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) to set up a panel with immediate effect to investigate what actually happened and report back to me by Tuesday.
“I do hope and pray it is a system mistake but if it is someone’s effort to deprive the workers of their salaries, whoever or group is involved will be severely punished. I have resolved to move Niger state forward and change the ways of the past”
He warned government workers determined to make money to do so in a legitimate way, declaring that it is a crime to short-change civil servants due to the desire to make more money.
“If you are a government worker and you want to make money, you can start your company or business and make legitimate money but if you use your position to fill up your pockets, you will face the music if I catch you.”
The Governor called on civil servants in the state to see their positions as a call to service and not to make money illegally and vowed to join hands with President Muhammadu Buhari to fight corruption in an effort to put both the state and the country on a right path of economic revival.
Source: Vanguard
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