Contrary to the expectations of
many Nigerians that Mrs Husseina Mohammed, a civil servant in kogi state
attached to the Teaching Service Commission will be compensated for her honesty
in returning the sum of N1.8M mistakenly paid into her account amid the current
hardship, the state government has issued her a query for allegedly misinforming
the public about the excess salary mistakenly paid into her account.
The sanction is coming through
the instruction given by the State Auditor General Alhaji Yusuf Okala who noted
that Mrs Mohammed misinformed the public that she had returned the money to the
state treasury even when she did not received any alert to confirm such
transactions.
The Auditor General explained
that the officer only returned N1.6M on 3rd July this year out of the N1.8M she
claimed to have returned six weeks earlier, saying “the information has caused
confusion in the system”.
He also directed that her salary
be put on hold over the wrong information she gave the committee.
Earlier, the chairman Salary
Reconciliation Committee, John Alayi explained that N1,813,186.98 was paid in excess
to Mrs Mohammed because the statement from Teaching service commission
mistakenly placed her on level sixteen while she was actually on grade level
nine.
According to him, “the committee calculated the difference between grade level nine and grade level sixteen and paid the supposed arrears to the officers account but later discovered that one Hussein Mohammed also a staff of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) was the one on grade level sixteen and not Mrs Husseina Mohammed.”
It was reported that , Mrs
Mohammed said she received an alert for the excess salary and immediately
filled a teller for the transfer to the state treasury on 22nd May, 2017.
Meanwhile, the family of Mrs
Husseinna Mohammed have expressed disappointment on the latest development
coming from the state government insisting that the allegation against her has
brought disgrace to the family.
It was also gathered from a close
family source that Mrs Husseina Mohammed has been barred from speaking to the
press or risk further punishment from the Government.
It was also learnt from a family
source that, the said money was paid to the state coffers but were surprised
that weeks later the cashier who performed the transaction failed to confirm
that a particular digit was missing in the account number which the money was
paid in.
” We are surprise that they are coming up with this at this time that the couple honourably returned money mistakenly paid into their account. The husband has not been paid for more than 15 Months yet they didn’t bother to withhold the huge sum of money despite the current hardship.
” This family barely feed three square meal just because of the harsh economy and the non payment of salary in kogi state. From what I know, they have been surviving through the wive even though the husband is also working with the state government.”
“Are we supposed to blame them or blame the cashier?. The government should also blame their personnel for this defects instead of suffering an innocent soul when she made the state proud. It is unfortunate that they are getting this at this time instead of being honoured for their honesty. ”
“Going by what is happening, if something of such happens again, people will be scared to come out and return such money because they don’t want to be disgraced. The news is everywhere now that they have issued her a query and her salary be placed on hold. Let be sincere, if you are the one, will you be happy? Am really disappointed I must confess.” The family source stated.
It would be recalled that in June
during an interview with journalist in Lokoja, Mrs Mohammed said that she
returned N 1,813,186.98 to the state coffers credited to her account.
She earlier explained how the money entered into her account. “One morning,while shopping, my phone beeped, indicating a text message. Upon opening the folder containing the SMS, I saw that my salary account domiciled in Zenith Bank, Lokoja Branch had been credited with N1,813,186.98 The text message stated that it was my salary for the month of March, 2017.”
Shocked, Mrs Mohammed told
reporters that she read the message over and over again. Aside reading the message
repeatedly, she took her time to count the figures displayed in the message.
After a while, she abandoned the materials she had come to buy and found her
way home.
On getting home, she narrated her
experience to her husband. After a brief interaction, they decided to refund
the money, saying that it was the right thing to do. Her husband, an employee
of the TSC in Lokoja, was one of those affected by the just concluded screening
exercise in the state. He disclosed that for 15 months, he had not received any
salary from government.
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No be their fault now,na person wey return money for them, if the accountant general himself don run bankrupt he for know stupid full them come they issue query forget if na me I no go return anything and they will do nothing gbabe
ReplyDeleteYeye government..
ReplyDeleteNow, this is grossly unfair.
ReplyDeleteGod bless u.
ReplyDeleteMadam Husseina Mohammed (Mrs), you have done well. May Allah continue to strengthening your sincerity. It is very likely that somebody somewhere in the government tries to rope you if you eventually failed to return the money.
ReplyDeleteSend copies of that query to social media, TV stations both foreign and local to expose their inefficiency, foolery, insensitivity and their wickedness against humanity.
Don't waiver, Allah is on your side, and you will overcome all the trials successfully in Shaa Allah (Allah's willing). Be steadfast in your Tahajud and righteousness, you will surely be rewarded by Allah here on earth and hereafter. Amin