In a statement from the Sate Commissioner for Communications, Kwara State, Alhaji Muritala Olanrewaju, the state government has suspended five senior officials.
The five officials who have been suspended, include a permanent secretary, who was implicated in the ongoing investigation of ghost workers in the state and deductions of workers’ salary at the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
Excerpts from the statement issued:
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“The indefinite suspension is connected to some discoveries of alleged fraud in the parastatal by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This is in line with the efforts of the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq administration to cleanse the system, particularly at SUBEB where some startling discoveries have been made.
“Salaries connected to the controversial names on the payroll have been flagged and suspended until the end of the exercise,” the statement said.
