The Kano state government has ordered the salaries of not less than ten thousand civil servants to be suspended on the allegation that they were recruited by the end of the administration of former Governor Umar Ganduje.

The State Accountant General, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, disclosed this while speaking on a local Radio talk show in Kano, stating that the affected staff were employed by the previous administration.

According to him, a committee has been set up to investigate their engagement in the civil service, stressing that the outcome of the finding would play a role in their fate.

He also announced the suspension of transfers made by the previous government within the civil service against existing rules, adding that the status quo should be maintained by the affected government officials.

He, however, expressed the readiness of the new administration to pay workers’ salaries by the 25th of every month as he revealed that pension and gratuity would be paid to retired workers when due.

He further disclosed that the new administration would operate a single account to ensure financial discipline.