No fewer than 668 workers in
Gombe State have been suspended from the payroll following the commencement of the implementation of biometrics.
The state Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Muhammad Magaji, said this at a briefing on Friday at the commencement of the implementation of biometrics in the state.
Mr Magaji said the affected workers did not show up for verification after the commencement of the enrollment, hence their suspension from the payroll.
The commissioner said 431 workers from the 84 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the state were affected.
He said the biometrics had been piloted in two local governments – Gombe and Akko – and also in the Local Education Authority (LEA) of both local governments.
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Two top officials of the Muhammadu Buhari regime on Wednesday indicated that the country urgently needed more funds to run government and provide basic amenities for Nigerians.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, in an interview with the State House correspondents also faulted a claim by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, that the Federal Government printed between N50bn and N60bn in March.
Ahmed described the claim as not only untrue but unfortunate.
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Payroll fraud: Gombe govt approves N1.49bn for biometric system installation
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The Gombe State Government has approved the sum of N1.499 billion for the supply and installation of biometric attendance system to check payroll fraud in the state’s civil service.
Mr Muhammad Magaji, the state’s Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development, stated this, on Wednesday, while addressing newsmen after the 12th State’s Executive Council meeting.
Magaji said the initiative tagged “Gombe state Integrated Payroll Payment Gateway and Human Resource Management Information System’’ would help to reduce, if not eliminate, payroll fraud.
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