Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has ordered the immediate stoppage of illegal deductions amounting to N360 million monthly, from salaries of the 23 local government workers.
Tambuwal, at a rally in Sokoto announced the stoppage of the deductions and recruitment of the ‘unscheduled appointees’ which saw ome local council workers were underpaid by about 60 percent of their entitlements and salaries by their councils.
He also threatened that any local government that fails to abide by the new directive will face the full wrath of the law stressing that all government workers are entitled to full pay.
According to an investigation by Leadership Newspaper, the fraudulent scheme was worked out between local councils and staff at the state Ministry for Local Government where some workers were recruited but asked to collect just 40 percent of their salaries and allowances with the remaining 60 per cent shared by top officials of the LGAs.
The report added that about 38,000 such workers were exploited in this fraudulent scheme in the 23 LGAs of the state.
The newspaper quoted saying “We had a situation in one local government where the chairman had issues with some legitimate members of staff and the next thing he did was to turn them into ‘unscheduled appointees’ and warned them to either collect the reduced salary or risk losing their jobs altogether.
“Many of them were afraid to raise the alarm because of fear of victimisation,” the source told the newspaper.
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal has approached the state assembly with a bill to criminalize parents’ refusal to educate their children.
Tambuwal, at a rally in Sokoto announced the stoppage of the deductions and recruitment of the ‘unscheduled appointees’ which saw ome local council workers were underpaid by about 60 percent of their entitlements and salaries by their councils.
He also threatened that any local government that fails to abide by the new directive will face the full wrath of the law stressing that all government workers are entitled to full pay.
According to an investigation by Leadership Newspaper, the fraudulent scheme was worked out between local councils and staff at the state Ministry for Local Government where some workers were recruited but asked to collect just 40 percent of their salaries and allowances with the remaining 60 per cent shared by top officials of the LGAs.
The report added that about 38,000 such workers were exploited in this fraudulent scheme in the 23 LGAs of the state.
The newspaper quoted saying “We had a situation in one local government where the chairman had issues with some legitimate members of staff and the next thing he did was to turn them into ‘unscheduled appointees’ and warned them to either collect the reduced salary or risk losing their jobs altogether.
“Many of them were afraid to raise the alarm because of fear of victimisation,” the source told the newspaper.
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal has approached the state assembly with a bill to criminalize parents’ refusal to educate their children.
