The Screening and Verification Committee for workers employed by the immediate past administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has submitted its report to the state government.
Recall that following a controversy that trailed the recruitment of 10,800 workers by Mr Ganduje in the twilight of his administration, Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf, on August 16, constituted a fact-finding committee in the state.
The committee was mandated to ascertain the alleged flagrant abuse of civil service rules and nepotism in the recruitment process.
Submitting the report to the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr Abdullahi Bichi, the chairman of the Committee, Dr. Umar Minjibir, disclosed that 13,916 workers were found to have been recruited as against the 10,800.
According to a statement by the Director, Public Enlightenment of the state’s Civil Service Commission, Musa Garba, about 12,566 new workers were screened while the remaining 1,350 did not appear or present themselves for the screening exercise.
Mr Minjibir explained that the Committee exhaustively dealt with the issue and made far-reaching recommendations in line with its terms of reference.
“We, therefore, express the hope that the state Government will find the recommendations useful,” the chairman noted.
In his remark, Mr Bichi, while thanking members of the Committee for a thorough and job well done, said the state Government would look into their submission with a view to doing the needful.
He assured that government would do justice when taking decision on the recommendations proffered.
“This is because the administration of Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has accorded priority to the civil service, being the engine room for governance,” Mr Bichi stressed.
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