By Adadareporters
The Bauchi State Civil Service Commission (BSCSC) has terminated the appointment of Ibrahim Garba. Garba was the chief secretarial assistant attached to the state pension board. His sack followed an alleged ‘serious misconduct of salary and pension scam’.
The information officer, BSCSC, Mr Saleh Umar, disclosed this in a statement.
The commission alleged that Garba’s action violated the Public Service Rule (PSR) 0327(XI) which deals with the issues of financial embezzlement.
According to the statement, “The commission approved the termination during a sitting of the 17th plenary session held on Aug, 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.
“This facilitated the change of pay point after the relatives of the deceased reported his death.
“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.”
He said the chairman of the commission, Alhaji Abubakar Usman, has called on workers in the state to be God-fearing in the discharge of their duties, adding that the Public Service Rule (PSR) ‘must be observed and adhered to as a guide’.
The chairman said no civil servants in the state would be victimised unnecessarily, assuring that the commission would not watch corrupt people sabotage the service.
