Ebonyi State Commence Workers Verification

The workers Verification exercise has commenced in all Government offices in the state. Although earlier preparation had started last week, the final stage of verification was slated for Monday.

 Gov. Dave Umahi directed that the verification exercise be carried out in other to determine genuine workers, as well as harmonize the list of staff in all government offices and LGAs in other to weed out ghost workers and block leakages of governments fund which would in turn reduce the wage bill of the state as well as that of LGAs. In an earlier post, we informed you that 662 ghost workers and 20 none existent schools were discovered in an earlier verification exercise carried out in primary and secondary schools within the state.

 The workers were expected to present the following documents

•   Letter of Appointment

•   Letter of last promotion

•   LGA letter of identification

The Verification Exercise for local government workers is expected to hold on today at the various Local government area headquarters in the state. Radio and television announcements have been made with the workers including Teachers are expected to converge for the exercise.

The workers are expected to receive their salaries after the exercise has been carried out.

In a related event, The Governor on Sunday promised to pay the July salary (in addition to that of June for state workers and for LGA workers it will be in addition to the two months owed) as they await the recommendation of the committee setup by governor on the resolution of workers salary lead by the Senator Sam Egwu.