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Mrs Husseina Mohammed, a civil
servant in Kogi state attached to the Teaching Service Commission who returned
money mistakenly paid to her account has been reportedly given query. The
government was quoted to have issued Mrs Husseina query for allegedly misinforming
the public about the excess salary mistakenly paid into her account, Mrs
Husseinna’s family, however expressed disappointment on the latest development
coming from the state government insisting that the allegation against her has
brought disgrace to the family Despite people's belief that a civil servant in
Kogi state attached to the Teaching Service Commission, Mrs Husseina Mohammed
would be compensated for her honesty in returning the sum of N1.8M mistakenly
paid into her account amid the current hardship, the state government has
issued her a query for allegedly misinforming the public about the excess
salary mistakenly paid into her account. NAIJ.com gathered that the sanction is
coming through the instruction given by the State Auditor General Alhaji Yusuf
Okala who noted that Mrs Mohammed misinformed the public that she had returned
the money to the state treasury even when she did not received any alert to
confirm such transactions. The Auditor General explained that the officer only
returned N1.6M on 3rd July this year out of the N1.8M she claimed to have
returned six weeks earlier, saying “the information has caused confusion in the
system”.
He also directed that her salary be
put on hold over the wrong information she gave the committee. Earlier, the
chairman Salary Reconciliation Committee, John Alayi explained that
N1,813,186.98 was paid in excess to Mrs Mohammed because the statement from
Teaching service commission mistakenly placed her on level sixteen while she
was actually on grade level nine. According to him, “the committee calculated
the difference between grade level nine and grade level sixteen and paid the
supposed arrears to the officers account but later discovered that one Hussein
Mohammed also a staff of the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) was the one on
grade level sixteen and not Mrs Husseina Mohammed.” It was reported that, Mrs
Mohammed said she received an alert for the excess salary and immediately
filled a teller for the transfer to the state treasury on 22nd May, 2017.
Meanwhile, the family of Mrs Husseinna Mohammed has expressed disappointment on
the latest development coming from the state government insisting that the
allegation against her has brought disgrace to the family. It was also gathered
from a close family source that Mrs Husseina Mohammed has been barred from
speaking to the press or risk further punishment from the Government.
It was also learnt from a family
source that, the said money was paid to the state coffers but were surprised
that weeks later the cashier who performed the transaction failed to confirm
that a particular digit was missing in the account number which the money was
paid in. “We are surprise that they are coming up with this at this time that
the couple honourably returned money mistakenly paid into their account. The
husband has not been paid for more than 15 Months yet they didn’t bother to
withhold the huge sum of money despite the current hardship. “This family
barely feed three square meal just because of the harsh economy and the non payment
of salary in kogi state. From what I know, they have been surviving through the
wive even though the husband is also working with the state government.” “Are
we supposed to blame them or blame the cashier?. The government should also
blame their personnel for this defects instead of suffering an innocent soul
when she made the state proud. It is unfortunate that they are getting this at
this time instead of being honoured for their honesty. ” “Going by what is
happening, if something of such happens again, people will be scared to come
out and return such money because they don’t want to be disgraced. The news is
everywhere now that they have issued her a query and her salary be placed on
hold. Let be sincere, if you are the one, will you be happy? Am really
disappointed I must confess.” The family source stated. It would be recalled
that in June during an interview with journalist in Lokoja, Mrs Mohammed said
that she returned N 1,813,186.98 to the state coffers credited to her account.
She earlier explained how the money entered into her account. “One
morning,while shopping, my phone beeped, indicating a text message. Upon
opening the folder containing the SMS, I saw that my salary account domiciled
in Zenith Bank, Lokoja Branch had been credited with N1,813,186.98 The text
message stated that it was my salary for the month of March, 2017.”
Shocked, Mrs Mohammed told reporters
that she read the message over and over again. Aside reading the message
repeatedly, she took her time to count the figures displayed in the message.
After a while, she abandoned the materials she had come to buy and found her
way home. On getting home, she narrated her experience to her husband. After a
brief interaction, they decided to refund the money, saying that it was the
right thing to do. Her husband, an employee of the TSC in Lokoja, was one of
those affected by the just concluded screening exercise in the state. He
disclosed that for 15 months, he had not received any salary from government.
Shocked, Mrs Mohammed
told reporters that she read the message over and over again. Aside
reading the message repeatedly, she took her time to count the figures
displayed in the message. After a while, she abandoned the materials she
had come to buy and found her way home.
On getting home, she narrated her experience to her husband. After a
brief interaction, they decided to refund the money, saying that it was
the right thing to do. Her husband, an employee of the TSC in Lokoja,
was one of those affected by the just concluded screening exercise in
the state. He disclosed that for 15 months, he had not received any
salary from government. Read more: https://www.naij.com/1114056-confusion-kogi-govt-allegedly-query-stops-salary-woman-returned-n18m-mistake.html
Shocked, Mrs Mohammed
told reporters that she read the message over and over again. Aside
reading the message repeatedly, she took her time to count the figures
displayed in the message. After a while, she abandoned the materials she
had come to buy and found her way home.
On getting home, she narrated her experience to her husband. After a
brief interaction, they decided to refund the money, saying that it was
the right thing to do. Her husband, an employee of the TSC in Lokoja,
was one of those affected by the just concluded screening exercise in
the state. He disclosed that for 15 months, he had not received any
salary from government. Read more: https://www.naij.com/1114056-confusion-kogi-govt-allegedly-query-stops-salary-woman-returned-n18m-mistake.html