Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State has ordered the quick cost of salaries and excellent entitlements to all civil servants cleared by the State Workers Verification Committee.
The directive adopted the formal presentation of the committee’s report on Wednesday on the TY Danjuma Home in Jalingo.
The report’s submission, as noticed by The Guardian, marks a significant milestone within the state’s effort to sanitise its workforce after a sweeping verification train carried out 5 months in the past.
The train, it might be recalled, led to the removing of greater than 7,000 names from the federal government payroll over considerations starting from irregular employment to duplicated or non-existent service information.
Commending the committee for what he known as an “exhaustive, clear and brave” job, Governor Kefas acknowledged their work was carried out below vital public scrutiny and institutional resistance.
He stated the findings reaffirmed the necessity to safeguard the integrity of the civil service, noting that no authorities might make progress when due course of is compromised.
He harassed that accountability in governance should be grounded in choices that may stand the check of time, saying “posterity will all the time choose management selections both as a legacy of equity or of negligence.”
The governor additionally directed the committee to evaluate circumstances involving employees who might have been wrongly recruited because of administrative lapses.
He additional instructed {that a} clear course of be developed for his or her lawful re-engagement, supplied they meet the established employment necessities.
Presenting the report, the Committee Chairman, Alhaji Abdulkadir Haruna, revealed that of the roughly 7,800 employees initially flagged, just one,410 had been absolutely cleared after in depth verification. These cleared shall be reinstated instantly and paid their excellent entitlements.
Haruna described a number of troubling discoveries, together with circumstances the place tens of millions of naira had been overpaid to some civil servants in a single month. He stated this highlighted an pressing want for tighter inner controls, full payroll automation, and strict adherence to monetary rules.
He additional famous that a lot of these faraway from the payroll had no traceable employment information, no appointment letters, postings, verification information, or any documentation linking them to professional authorities service.
The committee really useful fast-tracking the automation of the state payroll system to forestall future discrepancies and be certain that all cleared employees are promptly built-in into the digital cost platform.
With the report now submitted, the state authorities is anticipated to start a brand new section of reforms geared toward strengthening accountability, restoring order to the civil service, and rebuilding public confidence in authorities hiring processes.
