ABIA STATE TO BEGIN VERIFICATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFF

The Government of Abia State says it would be embarking on verification of all Local Government employees in the state.

The State Head of Service Joy Maduka in a statement said the action would be in continuation of the initiative by Governor, Alex Otti’s administration to bring all state, local government, parastatals, state-owned tertiary institution workers including pensioners into one single database to forestall any irregularities in the administration of both human resource and payroll process in the state.

The exercise would begin from Monday, August 7, 2023, to Monday, August 14, 2023.

The affected employees are staff of the Local Government Council in the 17 Local Government Areas LGAs, staff of the Local Government Health Authority in the 17 LGAs, and staff of the Local Government Education Authority in the 17 LGAs.