Bauchi Confirms Sack Of Senior Civil Servant Over Alleged N3m Salary Scam

By Babatunde Solanke

The Bauchi State Government has terminated the appointment of the Chief Secretarial Assistant attached to the State Pension Board, Ibrahim Garba over alleged 3 million salary scam.

This is contained in a statement released on Tuesday in Bauchi by the Information Officer, Bauchi State Civil Service Commission (BSCSC), Mr Saleh Umar

The commission alleged that Garba’s action violated the Public Service Rule (PSR) 0327(XI) which deals with the issues of financial embezzlement.

“The commission approved the termination during a sitting of the 17th plenary session held on August 1A disciplinary committee of the State Pension Board found Garba guilty of swapping the account number of one Audu Mohammed, now deceased, with his own.

“This facilitated the change of pay point after the relatives of the deceased reported his death.

“Thereafter, he received an illegal pension for 55 months of N54,871 for four years and seven months which amounted to over N3 million.

This amount will be recovered from Garba’s benefits,” he said.

Umar explained that the chairman of the commission, Alhaji Abubakar Usman, has called on workers in the state to be God-fearing in the discharge of their duties.

Usman said the public service rule must be observed and adhered to, just as he also assured the civil servants in the state that no worker will be victimised for nothing.

He added that the commission will not fold its hands while bad eggs sabotage the service.

Source: NAN