Saka Ibrahim
5 November 2009
Birnin Kebbi — Kebbi state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Muammed Tuga, said the state government will introduce e-payment system in order to fish out ghost workers in the government pay-roll.
The Commissioner however appealed to civil servants in the state not to panic, saying the e-payment is to their benefit.
Tuga, while speaking on Kebbi Television personality programme "Guest of the Week" and "Bakonmu na Mako" elaborated on the e-payment system, saying it will provide security to salaries of workers through direct payment.
Said the Commissioner, "I don't think there should be apprehension over the e-payment system because government intends to introduce it in order to fish out all ghost workers in the government's pay roll and provide security to salaries of civil servants who will be collecting their dues directly from the banks."
The Commissioner further announced that to achieve the set objective of the e-payment system, a five-man committee of retired and trusted civil servants were assigned by the Ministry to over look the computerisation of names, thumbprints and pictures of genuine serving staff.
The committee is chaired by Alhaji Dahiru Kangiwa, while Alhaji Jafar Ahmed Wara, Alhaji Bello Gwadangwaji, Alhaji Muhammad Yauri and former Auditor General, Alhaji Abubakar Bunza are members.
In a related development, the Branch Manager, Zenith Bank, Birnin Kebbi, Alhaji Abdulsalam Zungeru commissioned by government to handle the e-payment, assured civil servants of the success of the exercise, saying it will sanitize the work force records throughout the state. According to him, the bank would be responsible of sending all payments to other commercial banks involved as directed by the state Ministry of Finance.
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