The committee inaugurated by the Bauchi State Government to verify civil servants and pensioners in its payroll who are milking the state in salaries but without bank verification number said about 380 staff were not cleared by the committee “for failure to meet the stated authentication requirements.”
The committee also said it has cleared 13,285 workers out of 14, 632 who do not have BVN across the 20 LGAs.
In a statement signed by Acting Director, Press Affairs to the state governor, Alhassan Dambam, said 861 staff did not turn up for the exercise.
Dambam said the State governor; Bala Mohammed has approved the release and payment of October-November salaries for the 13,285 cleared by the committee. He said the government has equally directed for the payment of Salaries of 101 state civil servants who missed the earlier verification with valid reasons but are now cleared by the committee.
The statement said additional 10 days were approved by the Chairman of the committee to enable it conduct verification for the local governments’ pensioners.
Alhassaan Dambam who reiterated the commitment of the state governor to eliminate sharp practices said the verification was aimed at creating dependable and credible payroll system.
WikkiTimes reports that the ghost workers saga has generated several controversies regarding the actual number of workers believed to be without BVN.
Following the drama, the state governor Bala Mohammed reverted from 41,000 workers earlier announced to have lacked BVN to 19,000 workers.
When asked about the fate of the workers who were not verified, Dambam said the committee will make public pronouncement to that effect.
