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May 3, 2021
The Secretary to the Bauchi State Government (SSG), Mohammed Sabiu Baba, (middle) flanked by the CP, Sylvester Abiodun Alabi (left) and the Director, DSS during the briefing on Monday
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Following the arrest of five bandits, the Bauchi State government has said that the state is under threat of terrorists from neighbouring Yobe State.
The Secretary to the Bauchi State Government (SSG), Mohammed Sabiu Baba, while addressing journalists after an emergency security council meeting at the Government House on Monday said that “following the overrunning of Geidam in Yobe State by the Boko Haram militants, there has been an influx of people into the state through four LGAs in the Northern part of the Bauchi State.”
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Ibrahim Nasiru, AGM, Corporate & Strategic Communications issued a statement on Wednesday.
All appointments are with immediate effect. The NPA now has a total number of 21 GMs and 60 AGMs.
NPA said the move was in furtherance of the commitment to motivate its workforce and building a formidable succession plan in line with the federal character principle.
The new GMs are: Olaseni Alakija, who becomes General Manager, Corporate & Strategic Communications, Patricia Aboh (Mrs).
Others are Servicom; Mr Sylvester Nwankwo General Manager, MD’s Office and (Mrs.) Anthonia Ohagwa, General Manager, ICT.
The new AGMs are Naphtali Pella, Audit (Finance & Investment); Adesina Salau, Land & Estate, Zainab Dantiye(Mrs), Administration, and Nansel Zhimwan, Corporate & Strategic Communications.
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Bauchi State Government on Wednesday revealed that it had removed no fewer than 715 civil servants from the payroll system in the state in a bid to checkmate ghost worker syndrome.
The revelation was made by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mohammed Sabiu Baba, while briefing journalists of the outcome of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting held at the Government House, Bauchi.
According to the government scribe, in order to address the issue of payment of salary to civil servants and tackle the issue of ghost workers on the state government payroll, the Governor Bala Abdulkadir administration set up a committee about four weeks ago to have a sanitized payroll system.
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Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir has lamented that the state and local government joint account was a conduit pipe used by successive administrations to siphon public funds to the detriment of the taxpayers in the state.
The Governor was speaking on Thursday during a meeting with Local Government Councils Chairmen and heads of security in the state held at Banquet Hall of the Government House.
He said that, “we have discovered that all projects embarked upon by successive administration in the name of joint account we not done, the money was just diverted. This has left us in the present situation where we have to rely on monthly overdraft to pay salaries of local government workers “.