Addressing pressmen in Kano, on Monday, the Accountant General, Abdulkadir Abdusalam, said the governor had ordered his office to expunge the workers from the state’s payroll.
He said his office would carry out an investigation to ascertain the authenticity of their engagement and procedures so as to remove those illegally recruited.
Abdulsalam also said all local government workers who were converted to state workers by the former administration will continue receiving their salaries, but based on local government levels.
He, however, asked them to continue working in their new state’s MDAs until investigation was concluded.
The Accountant General also promised workers and pensioners in the state that henceforth, they would not experience unnecessary deductions from their remuneration as it was under the previous administration.
He also said the state had now paid National Examinations Council (NECO) fees for over 60,000 secondary school students.