The Chairman of Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission, PCACC, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin-Gado has described civil servants as tools for corruption in the state.
Rimingado said civil servants were used as a tool to perpetrate all the grant corruption cases the commission had investigated so far.
Speaking at a capacity building organized for civil service directors on anti-corruption principles in Dawakin Kudu Local Government on Saturday, Rimingado said civil servants are often coerced to be used for corrupt acts.
According to the anti-graft agency boss, investigation had shown that highly -placed government officials engage civil servants in corrupt practices in the state.
That is why, according to him, the commission decided to organize the capacity building workshop for civil servants to know the dangers and repercussions of corrupt practices.
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“We intend to sensitive the Civil Servant against being used by politicians against the law. They are caught in the middle of corrupt practices. All the ground corrupt practices the agency is investigating in Kano, civil servants are the ingredients and tools in the hands of those elements who operate in the high level.
“Again, 90 percent of corruption cases are perpetrated through procurement services.
When politicians want to steal they use procurement as cover-up.
“So we are here to sensitize them on Anti-Corruption law, public procurement and financial management laws. We are here to detail them how to deal with public finances of Kano state and Anti-Corruption laws and other relevant laws that will guide them on their mandates.
“We also have the local government staff here because we have a case where the politicians used local government cashiers’ personal accounts to siphon public funds. The cashiers volunteered to withdraw the monies, take to bureau De change and make returns.
“We want to warn them and caution them about the consequences of corrupt act. Who ever is found in any case of corruption will be penalized. We are determined to impose the zero tolerance to corruption principle of state government,” he explained.
Earlier in a remark, the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf lamented how the immediate past administration looted the state’s treasury dry, saying “ they spent all the eight years looting the state’s money”.
He urged the state civil service Directors to shun all forms of corruption and embrace honesty, dedication and selfless services for the development of the state.
Represented by the Deputy Governor, Abdulsalam Gwarzo, the governor said the NNPP administration has implemented zero tolerance for corruption. Hence, all Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, should be guided.
He appealed to the participants to make adequate utilization of the opportunity to enhance effective service delivery.