BEVERLY HILLS, September 11, (THEWILL) – The Niger State Government has dismissed 80 civil servants for allegedly placing themselves on salaries above their current status.
The state Head of Service, Salamatu Abubakar, who disclosed this during a press conference in Minna, said that their dismissal was approved by the state Executive Council at its meeting on Thursday, following a report of an investigative Committee.
Mrs Abubakar added that the officers placed themselves on allowances above their current status and entitlement “as captured in an interim report submitted to the State government by the State Salary Committee”. The affected officers “have owned up to their misconducts”, she added.
The officers according to Abubakar were from the Ministries of Health and Education, as well as Hospital Services and Management Board and Primary Health Care Development Agency.
Others were from School of Health Technology, Tunga Magajiya, School of Midwifery, the High Court and Sharia Court of the state Judiciary.
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