Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir
El-rufai, has approved the disengagement of 4,042 local government staff across
the 23 local government areas of the state.
This development was confirmed by
the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Alhaji
Jafaru Sani, on Tuesday.
Addressing a news conference in
Kaduna, Sani explained that the sack was part of the ongoing restructuring of
the local government system for effective service delivery.
He also said that the
restructuring was designed to strengthen the local government system in order
to carry out developmental projects and programmes.
Sani noted that 3,159 staff among
those disengaged had put in 10 years and were retired while the remaining 893
had their jobs terminated.
Speaking further, the
commissioner explained that the retired staff would be paid their November
salary including three months’ salary in lieu of notice, while their pension
would be worked out by their pension administrators.
Sani added that those whose
appointments were terminated would equally be paid their November salary, one
month salary in lieu of notice and gratuity according to the civil service
rule.
“It is a known fact that the LGAs
were overburdened by redundant and unproductive staff who are contributing
nothing to the development of the councils.
“Because of the over-bloated
staff, the LGAs are doing nothing other than paying salaries and end up
becoming more or less a poverty alleviation centres, where people just go to
collect money and go home.
“To ensure development at the
local levels, therefore, we have to do what is right by downsizing the
redundant staff to free some funds that would be injected in developmental
projects.
“With the disengagement, the
supporting members of staff at the 23 LGAs are now 6,732, excluding primary school
teachers and primary health care workers.
“I am sure, with this
development, local government areas will soon start executing capital and
development projects to provide social services to the people.”
Similarly, the Permanent
Secretary, Local Government Commission, Mr Mahmud Zailani, explained that the
ongoing local government restructuring was part of Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s
campaign promise to strengthen public service.
“The governor began his public
service restructuring at the state level when he reduced the number of the
state ministries from over 20 to 13.
“A number of permanent
secretaries and other staff had to go during the process as part of efforts to
provide quality public service.
“I say here that the
disengagement was not forced on the LGAs but was carried out with their full
support and each LGA was treated according to its peculiarities,’’ Zailani
said.
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