Beatrice Gondyi Bauchi
The Bauchi State Government has directed that, salaries of staff  of local government areas in the state  must be paid by councils in line with autonomy granted local government councils in the country.

Th Deputy Accountant General (Inspectorate), Mohammad Sagir Abdullahi stated this at a verification exercise in Alkaleri local government area of the state. He said the aim of the exercise is to identify civil servants who have problems in regards to the payment of salaries.

He noted that there were several challenges ranging from names mismatch, wrong BVN number, accounts in micro finance banks that do not have the 10 number digit assuring however that so far over 90 percent of those with problems have been sorted out.

In his remarks, Executive Chairman of Alkaleri LGC, Yusuf Garba disclosed that out of the over 1000 staff of the Council on 200 of them are having problems with their salaries, adding that as soon as they are cleared, they will be paid their salaries without delay.

“As I am talking to you, we have enough funds in our bank account to immediately settle all those cleared. The government is not ready to deny people of their legitimate benefits” he said

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It would be recalled that Governor Bala Mohammed directed that the 20 local government councils in the state should collaborate with the Office of the Accountant General of the State in conducting verification of Staff who have problems in accessing their salaries.