Why we disengaged 4,042 council workers – El-RufaI
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, said on Tuesday that the recently disengaged 4,042 local government workers were laid off as part of efforts to make the 23 local government areas in the state self-sustaining.
The state government on Monday served 3,189 local government workers, who had spent over 10 years in service with letters of retirement, while 883 others, who are yet to reach pensionable years, were sacked.
The governor said of the 23 LGAs in the state, only Birnin Gwari is financially healthy, adding that six local councils are on life support.
He said the remaining 14 local LGAs can barely pay their workers salary from the federal allocation and 10 per cent IGR given to them by the state government.
El-Rufai, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, said it became imperative to reduce the overbloated work force to enable the 23 councils carry out necessary capital projects and provide basic services to the people.
He said: “There are many workers in our local governments who don’t have any work, they only report to the local government councils to receive their salaries. Government wants a situation where only required staff work at the council and not people who are redundant.
“Most of the 23 local government councils after receiving monthly allocation are barely able to pay salaries. The state government has to augment the shortfall. Six local government councils are existing on life support as they cannot even pay salaries, others can pay salaries but cannot execute developmental projects after deducting salaries. The local government councils need one intervention or the other.”
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