The committee set up by Governor Bala Mohammed to verify workers on Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) has assured that it will not witch-hunt any civil servant in the course of its assignment.
Chairman of the committee, Adamu Gumba, made the pledge Monday while briefing newsmen on the commencement of the verification exercise.
Over 41, 000 state civil servants were recently earmarked for verification due to alleged non-submission of their BVN to government even as their October salaries have been withheld following the development.
But the verification committee chairman asserted that the exercise was not meant to victimise the workers or inflict hardship on them but to fish out ghost workers on government’s payroll.
According to him, the exercise will last for just two weeks, assuring that all worker will be paid immediately the verification is concluded.
Gumba said the committee had co-opted experts in accounting and civil service to help them discharge their duties diligently, promising that the exercise will be once and for all. He appealed to genuine workers whose salaries were withheld following the verification to exercise patience, assuring that they would be paid immediately after the exercise.
“Once you are verified as a bonafide civil servant, you will be paid. This government never intends to witch-hunt anyone; the exercise is meant to rid the state of ghost workers,” he said.
