By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Thursday February 27,2025, ordered a comprehensive inquest into the circumstances surrounding revelations that civil servants in the State have, for some months, gone without their full salaries.
This is just as he vowed to visit the full weight of the law on those found to be culpable in the condemnable act.
The Source reports that since October, 2024, there has been a deafening ,outcry from many workers over a massive deduction in their monthly salaries .
According to findings, some have had their salaries slashed by as much as 30 to 40%, while some have not been paid at all.
The situation, which is said to have entered the third month, has greatly created tension within the system, thereby threatening to disrupt industrial harmony.
The unexplained deductions and salary cuts, are believed to have seriously affected the workers, most of whom are finding it difficult to adequately prepare for the Ramadan fast .
This Magazine gathered that the unusual salary deductions, surfaced with the commencement of the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage .
An obviously exasperated Governor Yusuf has set up a seven-member panel to get to the root of the matter which he described as an “unacceptable violation of workers rights as well as a betrayal of public trust.”
In a Statement issued by Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, his Media Aide Governor Yusuf, warned that his adminstration will not condone any act of injustice against the state workforce
“This administration will not tolerate any acts of injustice against our workers. Anyone found complicit in this reprehensible act will face the full wrath of the law”, Governor Yusuf stated.
According to the statement, in a decisive move to stem the ugly development, a high-powered investigative committee has been inaugurated to uncover the root cause of the observed discrepancies in the salary payments.
The Seven-member committee which is headed by the Commissioner for Rural and Community Development, Hon Abdulkadir Abdulsaalam, is to, among other things, establish if the discrepancies were as a result of technical errors or deliberate act of human sabotage.
“The Committee has been directed to conduct a thorough audit of the State’s payroll from October 2024 to February 2025, identify affected workers, determine the financial impact and recommend corrective and punitive actions .
“The seven-member committee chaired by Hon Abdulkadir Abdulsaalam ,the Commissioner for Rural and Community Development ,and the immediate past state Accountant General ,is made up of top Government officials and financial experts with deep knowledge of payroll systems.
“The committee has been given just seven days to complete its findings and submit a comprehensive report outlining those responsible ,the extent of the financial malpractice ,and lasting solutions to ensure the problem never reoccurs”, Nature noted.
Consequently, Governor Yusuf assured the workers that his adminstration is unwaveringly committed to justice ,transparency,and the prompt payment of salaries warning that anyone found guilty of exploiting workers will face severe consequences.
“The era of shortchanging our workers is over. This is a Government of accountability, and no one will be spared if found guilty”, Governor Yusuf noted.
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