The Kano State Government has directed all civil servants in the State to validate their salaries for the month of March before payment, as part of effort to avoid discrepancies in the process.
The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ibrahim Faruk, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in his office on Monday.
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He said the measure was necessary following workers’ complaints of discrepancies including deductions in their January and February salaries.
He said the workers had been instructed through their various Ministries, Departments and Agencies to endeavour to verify the salaries put on their names and report any observed discrepancy for prompt and necessary action.
“The workers’ salary lists will be pasted at strategic places in the premises of the MDAs and the secretariates of the 44 local governments in the state to facilitate the process.
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“Any civil servant who has complaints should go to his/ her ministry, department or agency to verify the salary put on his or her name and report any discrepancy noticed for immediate action,” he said.
According to him, a committee had been set up to conduct the exercise aimed at addressing the reported discrepancies in the workers salaries.
He said the committee which is headed by the Head of Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Musa, had been charged to fasttrack the exercise to enable the government to pay March salaries as and when due.
He said the government is not unaware of the approaching Eid-el-Fitr festival and the importance of paying the March salaries before the celebration.
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Faruk assured that the exercise would not disrupt government operations in the MDAs and the local Secretariats as all necessary measures had been put in place to prevent such.
The SSG who restated the commitment of the government to ensure prompt payment of salaries to its civic servants, asked them to take the issue seriously to prevent any discrepancy in the payment of their salaries.
