Nigerian Man Returns Late Father’s Salary to Kano Government, Governor Applauds Him
- A Nigerian man, Yusuf Sulaiman Sumaila, has returned one year's salary received through his late father’s account to the Kano State Government
- Sumaila returned the sum of N328,115.75 a year after the death of his father
- He also informed the Kano state government that his father died in October 2022 and has been receiving salary
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Kano state - A young man, Yusuf Sulaiman Sumaila, has been celebrated for returning the salary received through his late father’s account to the Kano State Government.
The senior special assistant to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Digital Media, Abdullahi Ibrahim, who disclosed this in a statement, said Sumaila’s father died in October 2022, Daily Trust reported.
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He said Governor Yusuf commended Sumaila for his remarkable gesture.
How Sumaila returned late father’s salary
Ibrahim explained that Sumaila returned the money after he noticed that the government was still paying his father's salary until August 2023.
He noted that he returned the sum of N328,115.75 to the government and disclosed that his father died one year ago.
“Yusuf stated that the state government had continued paying his late father’s salary into his account after his death in October 2022 until August 2023, when he made an official request for the payment to be stopped.
“To the governor’s satisfaction, Yusuf also requested to return the backlog of 328,115.75 to the government, for which the governor personally invited him to his office to thank him.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Kano State government has said the halt in paying salaries of over 10,000 civil servants was for verification purposes.
These civil servants were employed by the previous administration, and it was necessary to verify the authenticity of their status to detect ghost workers.
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The governor of Kano state, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has taken a move to sanitise the state government payroll.
This is as Governor Yusuf of Kano stopped the salaries of about 10,800 workers employed by his predecessor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The state accountant general is to implement the directive swiftly and ensure that all outstanding issues concerning their purported engagement are properly sorted out.
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The Kano state government has slashed the school fees of state-owned tertiary institutions by 50%.
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Source: Legit.ng
