Kaduna State Governor, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, said on Tuesday that the recently disengaged 4,042 local government workers were laid off as part of efforts to make the 23 local government areas in the state self-sustaining.
The state government on Monday served 3,189 local government workers, who had spent over 10 years in service with letters of retirement, while 883 others, who are yet to reach pensionable years, were sacked.
The governor said of the 23 LGAs in the state, only Birnin Gwari is financially healthy, adding that six local councils are on life support.
He said the remaining 14 local LGAs can barely pay their workers salary from the federal allocation and 10 per cent IGR given to them by the state government.
El-Rufai, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, said it became imperative to reduce the overbloated work force to enable the 23 councils carry out necessary capital projects and provide basic services to the people.
Why we disengaged 4,042 council workers – El-Rufai
