Zamfara State Executive Governor Bello Mohammed has approved the immediate reinstatement of 1,040 of the 1,400 civil servants recruited by former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari in May 2014, without salary and other entitlements.
Chairman of the forum of May 2014 workers Luqman Majidadi said their employment followed series of processes, which included written and oral interviews and reverification of 1,351 persons that were subsequently cleared out of over 8,000 applicants issued with notification of appointments to various MDAs, but were not considered by the former government.
Majidadi stressed that the 1,400 workers were posted to various government agencies based on their professional qualifications after receiving their employment letters in 2014.
He added that their travails started when the former permanent secretary in the state ministry of finance refused to accommodate them in the list of payroll of the state government.
The 1,040 workers, according to a statement signed by the Director-General Press Affairs to the Governor, Malam Yusuf Idris, were screened and found to be genuine.
Idris explained that the 1,040 of the total number turned up and passed the screening. The remaining 360, according to him, are believed to have either secured employment elsewhere or admission to further their studies.
The governor also approved the immediate payment of their monthly salaries with effect from August, 2019 and that they should also resume work at their respective MDAs.
The governor did not pledge payments of their five years arrears, but promised to improve the welfare of the state civil servants through payment of their salaries and wages as at when due while all entitlements of the state civil servants will not be delayed.