No fewer than 10,800 alleged illegal workers have been sacked by the Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The affected workers were employed by the administration of the former Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The governor had earlier alleged that Ganduje, when he was about to leave office, maliciously employed over 10,000 workers in the civil service of the state.
Conveying the governor’s order on Monday, the Accountant General, Abdulkadir Abdusalam, said Yusuf ordered his office to remove the affected workers from the state’s payroll.
However, he added that his office would carry out an investigation to find out the genuineness of their engagement and procedures so as to remove those illegally recruited.
Concerning local government workers in the state, Abdusalam disclosed that those who were converted to state workers by the former administration would continue receiving their salaries.
However, he said it would be based on local government levels, asking them to continue working in their new state’s MDAs until the investigation is concluded.
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In another development, troops of 5 Battalion operating under 16 Brigade, Nigerian Army have destroyed a camp where suspected unrepentant militants and illegal oil bunkers carry out their nefarious activities in Bayelsa.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Monday, said the camp was discovered during a raid by troops at Azuzuama Community in the Ijaw South Local Government Area of the state.
During the operation, he said the troops subdued the suspected militants with superior firepower, compelling them to abandon their camp in disarray.
“The well-conducted raid operation led to the recovery of five AK 47 Rifles, two Rocket Propelled Grenade Bombs, 4 Rocket Grenade Bomb Chargers, seven 7.62mm Special ammunition, 14 AK 47 Rifle Magazines and one pumping machine.
“Other items recovered include two 16-inch anchored verve, one mallet hammer, one pipe range spinner and one axe. The illicit camp has been destroyed by the troops, ” the statement added.
He urged Nigerians to continue to provide timely and credible information to the security agencies to support the ongoing efforts to rid the South-South of oil theft.