Nasarawa State government has directed the Local Government Service Commission , to send all the Directors of Personnel Management and Directors of Finance and Supplies in the 13 local governments and 18 development areas to go on indefinite suspension for three months.
Shigarfata, said the council officials were suspended because they refused to work with directive of the committee set up by government to investigate the discrepancies and high wage bills incurred by local governments. “Local Government salaries as at 2012 was 1.1 billion naira, but now that there were no employment, promotions, people died, some retired, while others left for greener pastures job, from no where local government salaries skyrocketed to 1.3 billion naira monthly,” he added.