The Chairman of the Taraba State Environmental and Sanitation Agency, Illiya Kefas, on Tuesday said the decision to reduce the monthly allowance of members of the Operation Keep Taraba Clean programme, popularly known as street sweepers, from N15,000 to N10,000 was an internal administrative measure and not a directive from Governor Agbu Kefas.
According to the Tribune, the clarification came a day after he told journalists in Jalingo on Monday that the reduction followed a directive from the governor aimed at managing available resources after the recruitment of new workers into the state and local government civil services.
Speaking on Tuesday, the agency chairman said the salary adjustment became necessary because of the agency’s increasing workforce and operational expenses across the state’s 16 local government areas.
“The arrangement was an internal decision to sustain the activities of the agency and not a directive from the governor,” he said.
The development
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