Civil servants under the auspices of Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to urgently swing into action by investigating governors both serving and those voted out owing workers’ salaries with a view to bringing them to book.
In a communique issued at the end of a one- day meeting of the union in Abuja jointly signed by the president, Comrade Kiri Mohammed and Ag. general secretary, Comrade Felix Ifoh, the union described as unfortunate, a situation where some states and local governments could not pay workers’ salaries, allowances and other mandatory deductions due to corruption.
The union added that the need for the anti- graft agency to beam its search light into the activities of the affected governors became necessary considering that the resources of the states were used in paying for inflated contracts and other personal expenses including chartered flights, sponsoring of political campaigns, bogus security votes and payment of severance allowances.
The meeting, therefore, sees no reason why state and local governments should fail in its mandatory responsibility. This situation is not only unfortunate but criminal.
The meeting therefore call upon the EFCC to investigate the activities of such governors, either serving, voted out or finished their tenure and bring them to justice.”
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