Sokoto State Government To Embark On Wide Scale Staff Audit

Sokoto state government has said that it has to embark on a realistic wide scale staff audit to verify and wipe out ghost workers within its service, also ensure that no child worker and bogus employment offers syndicates in the state system.

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal made this known on Thursday night at the signing and submission of the report by the state committee on the implementation of the new minimum wage and consequential adjustments.

According to a statement by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the governor,the wage bill will now be above N324 million as against the sum of N340 million requested for by labour union collective in the state.

In the statement, Governor Tambuwal while announcing that his administration will commence implementation of the minimum wage from this month, said that a meeting of the state executive council has been scheduled for Monday to consider the report.

According to him, ” the government is poised to embark on the verification of unscheduled staff and the sharp practise of sale of letters offers of employment to unwary citizens,” also stressing that “a situation where children are on the payroll of the government will not be condoned.”

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Although, prior to the negotiation that ushered the new wage regime, the state government had discovered a disparity in the salary data between the state civil service commission, the ministry of finance and the office of the head of service.

“This made me look into the situation and we decided to harmonize all the data,” leading up to the taking of steps to introduce the issuance of payslips to workers, “a first in the history of the state,” Tambuwal explained.