Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state has approved the sack of five top civil servants in the state for alleged corruption.
Commissioner for Land and Physical Planning, Nadu Yahaya, in a chat with journalists, said that two of the affected officials were Directors in his ministry. The remaining three were surveyors from the state’s Urban Renewal Agency.
He was silent on the identity of the affected officers, but disclosed that they erred by inflating compensation entitlements .
According to him, the suspects had been inflating the entitlements since the tenure of the previous administration.
“As an experienced person in land administration, I have to verify every submission relating to such claims by visiting the site physically to ascertain the authenticity of the claims.”
Yahaya said that while on such verification, he discovered gross Inflation of compensation at a particular site.
“We found out that where it is N5 million for example, they made it N50 million or if it is N6 million they round it up to N60 million.”
He added that a panel set up to investigate the matter found the officials guilty.
“They were then reported to the state’s Civil Service Commission which established the case against them before they were finally dismissed.
“This will serve as deterrent to others,” he said.
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