By Aluta News
November 16, 2020
Alleged Monthly N600m fraud: Gov Sule Orders DPMs, DFS To Proceed On Compulsory Three-Month Suspension
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Sunday directed the Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) to send all the Directors of Personal Management (DPMs) and Directors of Finance and Supplies (DFS) in the 13 local governments and 18 development areas to go on compulsory suspension for three months.
Sule said the suspension was to monitor the payment of salaries of local government workers by the state auditor general, which was lingering for three months.
The directive was contained in a statement signed by Public Relations Officer in the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ibrahim Adamu Shigafarta, and made available to newsmen in Lafia, the state capital.
Shigafarta said the council officials were suspended because they refused to work with directive of the a committee set up by government to investigate the discrepancies and high wage bills incurred by local governments.