The Kano State government sacks 3,234 staff found wanting of not being eligible to be employed into the Civil Service.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abudullahi Baffa Bichi made this known while briefing journalists, on Friday.
He said the development followed the government’s decision to implement report of the committee on screening and verification of employment conducted by the immediate past administration.
He said, “The verification committee report was received by the Government and its salient observations and recommendations were noted and accepted. The majority of the employment was not captured in the 2023 Approved Budget and a significant percentage of those employed had neither applied nor indicated interest to serve which form a major aspect of employment requirement.
“Most of those employed did not undergo processes of screening and recruitment interviews as expected by the service regulations; employed were found to have suspicious or forged certificates, while many non-indigenes were employed in spite of a large number of qualified unemployed indigenes roaming.
“The employment did not take into consideration the actual manpower needs of the respective MDAs but was influenced by the desire to tie down the new Administration financially; our streets and those employed were wrongly placed through deployment to non-career posts or the calling of their respective qualifications.
