Borno State Governor Orders Transfer of all Staff of the State Pension Board & Ministry of Finance

Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has ordered the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alh. Usman Jidda Shuwa, and the Head of Service, (HOS), Borno State to immediately transfer all staff of the Borno State Pension Board and State Ministry of Finance over allegation of fraud and mismanagement of public funds during the payments of pensions and gratuities of retired civil servants.

The governor also directed the SSG and HOS to select their replacement from the state civil service. Zulum gave the directive Thursday while speaking at the swearing in ceremony of 14 new Permanent Secretaries in the Borno State Civil Service.