Government of Kano State, on Friday, sacked at least 3,234 civil servants it claimed were not eligible for recruitment into the state civil service.
Secretary to Kano State Government, Abdullahi Bichi, said the officials were sacked following a verification exercise conducted by the state government.
In June, Governor Abba Yusuf, suspended over 10,000 workers employed during the twilight of the administration of the immediate-past governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
The governor claimed that the workers were illegally employed. He ordered the suspension of their salaries until an investigation into the eligibility or otherwise of their recruitment is completed, Tribune Newspaper reported.
At a press conference on Friday, Mr. Bichi said: “Following the verification exercise, some of the workers were found to be underage, while others were caught using forged credentials to be on the state government’s payroll.
“A total of 9,332 staff (members) were found eligible by the committee that screened the 12,566 recruited by the previous administration of former governor Dr Abdullahi Ganduje.
“It could be recalled that at the inception of this administration, it had cause to direct for the suspension of the payment of the salaries of certain employees from the Civil Service of the State.
“Most of those employed did not undergo screening and recruitment interviews as expected by the service regulations; several students in their active study years were also found to be employed, including students of junior secondary schools, senior secondary schools, and some in their early stages of tertiary education,” the newspaper quoted the official saying.