TVC E. It was learnt from a close source to the verification firm, Sally Tibbot Consultants that no fewer than three permanent secretaries in Niger State civil service earned over N1.3 million monthly.
It was revealed that the salary of a permanent secretary should be between N400,000 and N500, 000 but the said permanent secretaries because of their professional background earn another salaries as consultants to another government agency bringing their monthly earnings to N1.3 million.
Investigation revealed that a messenger earns N265,000 in Ministry of Finance and a cleaner also earns N375,000 in General Hospital Minna whereas they are supposed to earn less than N30,000 each monthly.
In the same vein at the Veterinary Department in the Ministry of Agriculture a man who took cows for grazing earns accelerated salary scale of N375,000 while originally his salary is only N23,000 monthly.
This was revealed during the ongoing verification of the state workforce on how government paid top officials double their salary and the inflation of junior officials’ salaries are inflated for the sole purpose of diverting government fund.
In summary, Cleaner, messengers earn N375,000, N265,000 respectively in Niger state and from Investigations, men who take cows for grazing earn N375,000 instead of N23,000, then top officials use junior officials’ names to get triple salaries.
