EKITI LG STAFF AUDIT TO SAVE
N757 MILLION ANNUALLY.
The staff audit carried out in the local government system in
Ekiti State is to save a whopping sum of N757 million annually.
The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, who made the revelation at a forum in Akure, appealed to the striking local government workers to accept government's olive branch and return to work.
While emphasising that the Fayemi-led administration has no intention of sacking any local government worker, Afuye restated the readiness of the government to commence immediate payment of minimum wage to council workers as soon as their bank accounts are verified.
Reeling out statistics on the outcome of the biometric exercise, Afuye disclosed that a total number of 1,323 workers were illegally benefiting from the local government system.
He noted that physical headcount revealed a total number of 19,258 personnel in the local government system after which two rounds of biometric counting of workers was carried out.
The commissioner explained that the initial biometric counting gave a figure of 19,212 workers while the last biometric counting of workers revealed a figure of 17,889 workers.
Afuye said that the last two biometric exercises revealed that a total number of 1,323 persons were illegally drawing salaries from the local government system which costs the government over N63 million monthly and N757 million annually.
He stressed that N757 million would assist the Fayemi-led administration to do a lot of developmental projects adding that the financial implication was too much to bear in view of limited resources available.
Afuye also revealed that 1,756 council workers with education-related certificates will be redeployed to the education sector while 4,669 health workers in the councils will be moved to the state Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA).
The government spokesman, who maintained that the council workers did not follow due process before going on strike, noted that they commenced the industrial action without regard for the on-going negotiation between government and the union.
Afuye stressed that the staff audit which had been carried out in the core civil service was not meant to witch-hunt any council worker but to restore efficiency, probity, accountability, transparency and to reduce redundancy in the local government system.
While emphasising on why the Fayemi led administration did not intend to sack anybody, Afuye stressed that nobody would be allowed to waste the limited resources that should be used for the welfare of the ordinary man on the street.
The Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye, who made the revelation at a forum in Akure, appealed to the striking local government workers to accept government's olive branch and return to work.
While emphasising that the Fayemi-led administration has no intention of sacking any local government worker, Afuye restated the readiness of the government to commence immediate payment of minimum wage to council workers as soon as their bank accounts are verified.
Reeling out statistics on the outcome of the biometric exercise, Afuye disclosed that a total number of 1,323 workers were illegally benefiting from the local government system.
He noted that physical headcount revealed a total number of 19,258 personnel in the local government system after which two rounds of biometric counting of workers was carried out.
The commissioner explained that the initial biometric counting gave a figure of 19,212 workers while the last biometric counting of workers revealed a figure of 17,889 workers.
Afuye said that the last two biometric exercises revealed that a total number of 1,323 persons were illegally drawing salaries from the local government system which costs the government over N63 million monthly and N757 million annually.
He stressed that N757 million would assist the Fayemi-led administration to do a lot of developmental projects adding that the financial implication was too much to bear in view of limited resources available.
Afuye also revealed that 1,756 council workers with education-related certificates will be redeployed to the education sector while 4,669 health workers in the councils will be moved to the state Primary Health Care Development Agency (PHCDA).
The government spokesman, who maintained that the council workers did not follow due process before going on strike, noted that they commenced the industrial action without regard for the on-going negotiation between government and the union.
Afuye stressed that the staff audit which had been carried out in the core civil service was not meant to witch-hunt any council worker but to restore efficiency, probity, accountability, transparency and to reduce redundancy in the local government system.
While emphasising on why the Fayemi led administration did not intend to sack anybody, Afuye stressed that nobody would be allowed to waste the limited resources that should be used for the welfare of the ordinary man on the street.
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