Exposed: About 3,234 Workers Illegally Taking Salaries In Kano

The Kano State Government has uncovered 3,234 workers illegally earning salaries in the state public service, The Punch Newspaper reports.

Similarly, the government has discovered a 13-year-old girl, students of primary and secondary schools, and members of the National Youth Service Corps among the ineligible workers recruited by the immediate past administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.

The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Abdullahi Bichi, disclosed these while addressing newsmen on the report of the committee set up by the state government to investigate the illegal recruitment.

Governor Abba Yusuf had earlier directed the immediate suspension of the salaries of over 10,000 public servants who were recruited towards the end of the administration of the former governor.

According to him, the committee discovered that despite the hastened employment exercise, the immediate past administration failed to capture the financial implications of the  2023 Appropriation.