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The Bauchi state civil service commission (BSCSC) has terminated the appointment of two senior civil servants for alleged forgery and diversion of funds.

In a statement on Friday, Saleh Umar, the commission’s information officer, said the two civil servants — Nasiru Sama’ila, a chief clerical officer and  Awwal Jibrin, an assistant chief clerical officer — were dismissed having confessed to the crimes.

The two dismissed officers were staff of the state’s ministry of finance.

“The commission took the decision during its 18th plenary Session on the 15th of August, 2023. During the deliberation on disciplinary cases, the two officers were found guilty of forging documents,” Umar said.

“This act enabled them to divert the sum of N332,000 belonging to former and deceased staff, Jibrin Zalanga of the ministry.

“The act contravenes section 327 of the Public Service Rule (PSR) and they admitted to having committed the crime in their responses to the queries issued to them individually by the ministry.

“They were earlier arrested by the police and arraigned before the Chief Magistrate to get the wrath of the law.”

Umar added that Abubakar Usman, chairman of the commission, lamented that issues of financial misappropriation have become worrisome.

“The chairman, however, enjoined the workers in the state to be grateful and fear God in the discharge of their official duties,” he added.

“He further urged the workers to be mindful of the financial instructions in their day-to-day activities.”

The commission had earlier terminated the appointment of one Ibrahim Garba, chief secretarial assistant attached to the state pension board, for a similar offence.