Kwara Government Reaffirms Readiness To Oust Ghost Workers

The Kwara State Government has re-echoed its readiness to rid the Local Government Councils of ghost workers to reduce the cost of governance especially in the area of recurrent expenditure.

Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen disclosed this during his ongoing projects monitoring exercise in Asa Local Government Council.

Saifudeen said it was quite unfortunate that some acclaimed Council workers have abandoned their work to take up other jobs else were while still drawing salaries and allowances from the Council coffers.

He implored the top echelon of the Council to help the system by genuinely identifying the culprits to free up the Council scarce resources to accommodate other developmental projects.

Speaking on projects inspection, Saifuddeen commended the Council on the choice of projects embarked upon which can be attested to by the large turn out of people of the benefiting Communities to show their appreciation.

At the construction site of the ongoing new Budo Egba Health Centre, the Commissioner commended the Council Boss for the prompt relocation of the health centre to accommodate the commencement of the newly established Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital in the State by the Federal Government.

Earlier in his welcome address, the Transition Implementation Committee (TIC) Chairman of Asa Local Government, Honourable Abdulganiyu Saad disclosed that all the projects embarked upon by the Council emanated based on community priorities.

The TIC Chairman enumerated some of the projects embarked upon to include a complete renovation of Elebue Health Centre, ongoing Construction of a new Health Centre at Budo Egba, Construction of Modern Bridge along Alapako road, and Drilling of Boreholes across the three districts of the Council, among others.