Multiple Salaries: Zamfara Government To Arraign 108 Workers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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December 30, 2019
The Zamfara State government has dragged about 108 civilservants to court for allegedly receiving double salary in differentMinistries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs in the State.
The State’s Commissioner for Finance, Rabi’u Garba, who madethis known at a news briefing in Gusau, said the affected workers werediscovered during the on-going investigation of workers’ salary issues by thestate’s Ministry of Finance.
He explained that the exercise, under the leadership ofGovernor Bello Matawalle, is not to witch-hunt anybody, but to ensure sanity inthe civil service payroll in the State.
Garba said the 108 workers discovered to be collectingdouble salary would be handed over to the state’s Ministry of Justice forprosecution. He urged the workers in the State to be patient with governmentover any inconvenience which the verification exercise might have caused.