Innocent Eteng, the Head of Service in Cross River State, made an announcement that only nine Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, are going to be paid their salaries at the end of March.
\nEteng gave his reason for this, that they are the only ones who have complied with the directive that all MDAs must submit their Nominal Rolls as an essential part of cleansing the state civil service of ghost workers and reducing the bloated monthly wages.<\/p>\n
The former head of service, Ogbang Akwaji, former accountant-general of the state, and former auditor-general over bloated wage bills had a bitter face-off and counteraccusations between them.
\nHe had said an extensive verification exercise was embarked upon as soon as he and the new accountant-general, Dr Glory Effiong, assumed office.<\/p>\n
According to him: \u201cIn line with the state governor\u2019s directive to nip in the bud the controversy and streamline the wage bill, my office issued a directive to the 31 MDAs to submit their Nominal rolls for reconciliation.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, only nine MDAs have complied and we have reconciled their names. Only workers in these nine MDAs who we can attest to will receive their salaries for the month of March 2024. The rest 22 that have refused to comply will not be paid.
\n\u201cThe government has paid all salaries up till February 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have even paid all recognized 2,860 traditional rulers in the state for March 2024 as the government is very committed to salary payments.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have even begun to clear the backlog of gratuities. All pensioners have been paid their March 2024. The governor directs that they must always be paid first.
\n\u201cWe are very stern about the submission of the Nominal Rolls directive. Civil servants should hold their permanent secretaries responsible for non-payment of their salaries, not the state government.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Head of Service also cautioned strongly that dismissal awaits any officials that collect money for promotions of civil servants.<\/p>\n
Eteng stressed that both the giver and the collector will suffer the same penalties.
\nHe further emphasized that any promotions that do not meet laid down civil service rules and extant regulations would be rejected.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have stressed and warned against payment of money for promotions. Due processes available in the Civil Services regulations must be followed for deserving civil servants.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything short of this will be rejected. And those guilty of payment and receipt of bribes for promotions will be dismissed from service,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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