The Kwara State Government has urged state and local government workers and pensioners that are yet to provide their Bank Verification Number (BVN) for the ongoing staff verification exercise to do so within seven days or risk non payment of salaries.
The state governor, Alh Abdulfatah Ahmed stated that government has no intention of withholding any worker’s salary without justification, adding that the affected workers and pensioners will still be credited with their salaries and pensions but will not be able to access the money until they obtain BVN.
He said the intention behind the personnel database system is to give the government an accurate picture of the state and local government councils’ payroll and ensure that only those properly employed receive salaries and pensions.
The alternate chairman of the committee, Alhaji Isiaka Gold disclosed that of the 82, 642 workers so far verified by the committee, only 49, 579 have valid BVNs while 124 were discovered to have fake BVNs.
