Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has directed that salaries of all workers in the state civil service who were cleared in the just concluded screening exercise be paid on or before February 2017 ending.
It was gathered that the governor gave the directive yesterday night at a meeting with all the political office holders to officially present the final comprehensive screening report.
A dependable source at the meeting hinted that the report will be distributed across the MDAs, parastatals as well as all the 21 local government.
The source who craved anonymity told our correspondent that the governor also reaffirmed at the meeting that “no genuine worker will be sacked”, as earlier promised.
He said, “The good news is that His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has directed that all the cleared workers that are yet to be paid will receive their total entitlements due to them on or before February 28, 2017. Also, cases of short payments and overpayment will be sorted out within the stipulated time.
“While those on uncleared list still reserves rights to defend their employment status for restoration of their salaries, a serious note of warning has however been issued by the state government to all the workers on uncleared list to come up only with genuine complaints and verifiable evidences, else such workers with falsifications and fraud will be apprehended and prosecuted”.
He further said the report will be pasted in all various MDAs and the 21 local governments, adding that “this is a fulfilment of Civil Service Reforms as one of the core thematic areas of Governor Bello’s New Direction Blueprint”.
Credit: Leadership