The government of Nasarawa State has uncovered a fraudulent transaction worth 6.4 billion Naira in the 13 local government areas (LGAs) of the State.
The Commissioner for Local Government, Community Development and Chieftaincy Affairs, Yusuf Turaki, who disclosed this, claimed that the fraud was perpetrated by accounting officers in the 13 LGAs.
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Turaki said: “Preliminary report by a seven-man committee set up by Governor Abdullahi Sule to look into the persistent shortfall in salaries of local government workers in the state since 2012 indicates that the Directors of Finance could not account for over six hundred million Naira excess after payment of monthly salaries for workers since 2012.
“As at October 2020, salaries of local government workers stood at seven hundred million Naira as against one point one billion and one point six billion Naira between April 2012 and 2020 even though there was no employment of new workers.”
Reports have it that the state government had directed the Directors of Personnel Management, and Finance as well as Accountants of all the 13 LGAs and Development Areas of the state to proceed on a three month suspension.
The action was to pave way for seamless investigation.
