C’ttee on casual staff audit submits report to Vice-Chancellor
The Ahmadu Bello University committee on casual staff audit has submitted its report to the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Adamu Ahmed.
The submission was made at the Vice-Chancellor’s conference room on Friday, 2nd May, 2025.
Presenting the report, Chairman of the committee, Malam Dalhatu Salihu, explained that the committee was constituted on 14th January, 2025 to conduct audit of all casual staff, examine their mode of engagements and cost of their wages.
Salihu stated that they obtained a comprehensive list of casual labourers in different departments and carried out physical verification.
According to him, the committee found that some casual labourers were over utilized while some were under utilized.
He said some of the casual labourers were engaged to handle sensitive documents like payment vouchers and confidential documents.
The committee recommended that the University should initiate a process to harmonize all wages of casual labourers, and that they should not be engaged in shift duties.
It also recommended that the University Management should consider converting some casual labourers’ appointment to tenure when the opportunity arises for those who performed diligently.
He also said that there should be an identification card for them to move around with during working hours.
Receiving the report, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adamu Ahmed, thanked members of the committee for delivering an excellent report.
Prof. Ahmed expressed delight for receiving the report on behalf of the University Management.
The Vice-Chancellor disclosed that the situation with the casual staff had been very challenging to the University.
He said that it was a very good point now that the University Management had data of the casual labourers.
Prof Ahmed stressed that the Management understood the difficult situation in recruitment.
Those, who supported the Vice-Chancellor in receiving the report, were Deputy Vice-Chancellor Administration, Prof. Ahmed Doko Ibrahim; Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Prof Raymond Bako; Deputy Vice-Chancellor Advancement, Research and Innovation, Prof. Sanusi Aliyu Rafindadi; and representative of the Registrar, Dr. Aliyu Dalha Kankia.
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Public Affairs Directorate,
Office of the Vice-Chancellor,
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. (AHW).
Saturday, 3rd May, 2025.
