Yobe: Government prohibits public officers from using official vehicles for personal use 

Yobe: Government prohibits public officers from using official vehicles for personal use

Zainab Tanimu

Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria

Yobe state government has prohibited public officers from using official vehicles for their personal use.

Governor Mai Mala Buni gave this order

shortly after presiding over the swearing-in of nine newly appointed permanent secretaries into the state civil service.

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Government vehicles he said should be strictly used for government assignments, while ordering that Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, and Permanent Secretaries  ensure that public officers comply with his directive.

“The conversion of government vehicles and facilities to personal use and services at the expense of government work is hereby banned,” he declared.

“The Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, and Permanent Secretaries are hereby directed to ensure compliance,” he directed.

Governor Buni warned that the government will not condone wastage or diversion of government resources to sabotage efforts to provide services to the people.

“As we undertake our second and final term of office, we will ensure that government resources are judiciously and effectively used to improve the welfare of our people,” he assured