Nigeria: Niger Assembly Probes Non-Payment of LG Staff Salaries

28 March 2012

Minna — NIGER State House of Assembly yesterday constituted a 7-man committee to investigate the withholding of three months salaries of local government workers in the state.

The committee, to be headed by Representative Jibrin Akwanu, representing Agaie Constituency, was also mandated to investigate the recent screening exercise embarked upon by government as well as the circumstances that led to the branding of civil servants that have put over 30 years in service as ghost workers.

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