By Aliyu Dangida
Kano State Government has suspended the monthly deduction of N370 each from salaries and pensions of all civil servants and pensioners in the state.
In a circular to all heads of government institutions, agencies and parastatals issued on Monday, the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi said the deduction had been suspended with immediate effect pending the conclusion of an investigation into the process that led to its initiation.
HotPen gathered the deduction was initiated by the government of the immediate past governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and all the deductions were reportedly remitted into an account of a firm, Share Benefit Investment Limited.
“Government has observed with great concern the inappropriate deduction of the sum of N370.00 each from the salaries and pensions of all civil servants and pensioners in the state and afterwards, remitted to Share Benefit Investment Limited.
“In view of this, the Executive Governor of Kano State, Alh. Abba Kabir Yusuf has granted approval for the immediate suspension of the deductions as well as the remittances being made to the aforementioned firm pending investigation into the circumstances that led to the improper deductions,” the circular read in part.
”The import of this circular therefore , is to notify all civil servants and pensioners in the state of the executive approval/directive for the suspension of the deductions.”
