* Staff, Pensioner's Verification To Begin Wednesday, June 16
By Sule Tahir (JIgawa State Correspondent)
Jigawa State Government will soon rationalize its workforce to enable it to cater for the welfare and salaries of the state workers.
This is coming at a time when the states are struggling to meet up with the demands of both salaries and pensions of it's hundreds of workers across the country.
The state government had on democracy day announced that it will commence a verification exercise for all staff and pensioners in the State from Wednesday 16th June 2021.
The statement which was issued by the State's Head of the Civil Service, Alhaji Hussaini Ali Kila and made available to newsmen in Dutse, the JIgawa state capital, declared that the exercise was not meant to victimize or witch-hunt any Civil Servant, but to maintain up-to-date payroll system that is devoid of minor frictions that tends to accumulate over years of constant use.
It further stated that the exercise will also enhance the cleanness of the payroll system as well to accord the State opportunity to make a necessary update on the details of staff and pensioners such as Bank Verification Number (BVN) and Biometric Information to meet up SFTA requirement which is in line with the present administration's cardinal goal of ensuring transparency and accountability in all aspects of governance.
The statement according to the public relations officer in the office of the head of the service, Ismail Ibrahim Dutse, said the exercise will also help the staff to fill the missing information on their pay-slip.
The statement disclosed that all staff of MDAs, LGCs LGEAs, Jigawa State House of Assembly, Judiciary, Emirate Councils as well as pensioners must attend exercise unfailingly and be verified on the specific date set aside for the MDAs as contained in the itinerary.
It also added that the venue for the exercise for all staff of the MDAs is the Conference Hall of the old block, State Secretariat, Dutse, while all staff of LGCs, LGEAs, zonal offices of MDAs, SUBEB, and PHCDAs are to attend the verification at the Local Government they are stationed. NNL.
