Revelations from Kano State are showing how some persons who do not qualify to be in some positions in civil service were employed in Kano State.Â
No one would have known if Governor Abba Yusuf-led government had not investigated the matter.
Now it has exposed how the past administration of Abdullahi Ganduje allegedly employed unqualified persons, including Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) Students, into the Civil Service in Kano State.
Right now, the current administration is putting measures in place to check this anomaly.
First, it has ordered the suspension of the salaries of some civil servants.
Subsequently, a committee was set up to screen and verify employment conducted by the immediate past administration.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abudullahi Baffa Bichi on Friday announced this development.
He said the committee found out that the last administration undertook mass employment without recourse to necessary guidelines.
Also, he highlighted that they did not follow service regulation.
Recommendation
He noted that the committee recommended the dismissal of unqualified persons, who were over 3,000.
According to Bichi, the past administration employed students in their active study years, including students in JSS, SSS, and early stages of tertiary education.
Bichi said: “A number of students in their active study years were also found to be employed.
“These are students of junior secondary schools, senior secondary schools, and some in their early stages of tertiary education.
“A number of persons recruited were found to be undergoing their National Service Program (NYSC) while a number of people confirmed to be overaged or under-aged were found to be employed and on the State payroll”.
