Kano Govt suspends Director, nine others over salary fraud

Kano State Government has suspended a Director in the Ministry of Finance and nine staff of the Ministry of Local Government over alleged diversion of millions of Naira meant for payment of salaries.
This is contained in a statement by the Head of Service, Alhaji Muhammad Na’iya, in Kano on Tuesday.
Na’iya said the nine local government employees were scheduled officers under the platform of REMITA.
He said the government has handed over four employees of the Kano State Pension Funds Trustee, including two top members of Kano Pension Union to police authorities for investigation. .
The four persons, whose case files had been handed over to the state Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission for investigation, were accused of connivance to siphon public funds.
Na’iya said the state governor was concerned about the salary scam, warning that “any violation of due prcess, contravening the government’s quest against corruption would not go unpunished.”
He said the state government would deploy the necessary machinery to recover all the diverted funds.