By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

The Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate both former and serving governors who allegedly squandered the states resources for frivolities but abandoned payment of workers salaries.

The union alleged that some of the governor’s used the state money to finance campaigns during the elections, while the workforce was being owed salary for many months.

The union in a communique issued at the end of a one day meeting in Abuja, jointly signed by its President Comrade Kiri Mohammed and Ag. General Secretary, comrade Felix C. Ifoh, described as unfortunate a situation where some states and Local Governments ‎cannot pay workers salaries, allowances and other mandatory deductions for many months due to corruption.

The communique stated that it had become necessary for the anti graft agency to beam it’s searchlight into the activities of the affected governors to ascertain how they managed the state resources.

It alleged that some former and serving governors wasted the resources in paying for inflated contracts and other personal expenses including chartered flights, sponsoring of political campaigns, bugus security votes and payment of severance allowances.