The Bauchi State Civil Service Commission has terminated the appointment of a top civil servant,Ibrahim Garba.
Garba who was the chief secretarial assistant attached to the Bauchi pension board was dismissed for ”serious misconduct of salary and pension scam.”
In a statement by the BSCSC spokesman, Saleh Umar, on Tuesday,the commission alleged that Mr Garba’s action violated the Public Service Rule (PSR) 0327(XI) which deals with the issues of financial embezzlement.
According to the commission,“The commission approved the termination during a sitting of the 17th plenary session held on August 1. A disciplinary committee of the State Pension Board found Garba guilty of swapping the account number of one Audu Mohammed, now deceased, with his own,” said the statement. “This facilitated the change of pay point after the relatives of the deceased reported his death.”
It added, “Thereafter, he received illegal pension for 55 months of N54,871 for four years and seven months which amounted to over N3 milion. This amount will be recovered from Garba’s benefits.”
The commission’s chairman ,Abubakar Usman, called on Bauchi civil servants to be God-fearing in discharging their duties.
He said the Public Service Rule (PSR) must be observed and adhered to as a guide, and assured that no worker in the service will be victimised while bad eggs sabotaging the service will be dealt with.
