No BVN, no more salaries – Sokoto tells workers

The Sokoto State government has instructed all workers to submit their Bank Verification Numbers before they will be paid their April and other salaries.

Malam Imam Imam, Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s spokesman in a statement said this was part of efforts to sanitise the state civil service and permanently tackle the menace of ghost workers.

He noted that submission of the BVN formed part of the ongoing verification of staff and the updating of records of all employees in the state civil service.

Imam said the directive also affected workers at the local government level.

The statement said the state Head of Service had been instructed to ensure prompt compliance to enable government update workers’ records.

It said the ongoing verification exercise at the local government level had led to saving of substantial amount of money, adding that “the effort will continue until the payroll is completely sanitised”.