Kano Gov. Abba Yusuf reportedly suspends 10,800 civil servants employed by his predecessor, withholds their salaries

The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has suspended about 10,800 workers employed during the twilight of the administration of the immediate past governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.

The state’s Accountant General, Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, who disclosed this on Monday, June 26, said the affected workers were illegally employed in the civil service by the Ganduje administration.

Speaking with Freedom Radio, he said: “Those employed by the Ganduje administration were illegally recruited, and the governor directed that they should be suspended. They are about 10,800, and the governor ordered the suspension of their June salary until the recruitment scandal is investigated.

There are suspicions that some of the employees are using fake academic certificates; some of them are sons and daughters of the elites who are still at school.

There are allegations which is why the governor suspended the workers for this month for investigation, and those affected workers will not receive their salary for June.”

He added that a committee had been set up to review the process of their recruitment, adding that the outcome of the findings would determine whether they would be retained in the service or not.