By Olaitan Ibrahim
In a shocking discovery, the Kano State Government said it has uncovered 240 employees receiving double salaries and 217 others having the same Bank Verification Number (BVN) on its payroll.
These irregularities were revealed to journalist by Sulaiman Sani, Special Adviser to Kano State Governor on Civil Service Matters and Chairman of the State Coordinating Committee at a press briefing on Sunday.
Sani, who represented the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Umar Ibrahim, said the findings emerged from a biometric verification exercise was aimed at sanitising the state’s civil service.
According to him, the anomalies were discovered during reviews conducted by two standing committees; one for the state and another for local government payrolls.
“The inherited shortcomings in the payroll system have continued to disturb the government.
“We discovered that 240 employees are drawing double salaries, while 217 individuals share the same BVN,” Sani said.
He also revealed that 1,335 employees had not reported for verification for over six months, further raising concerns about the authenticity of many names on the payroll.