Some civil servants in Osun State have flayed the state government for demanding for their Bank Verification Numbers, alongside other information which the government requested them to submit before Wednesday.
Some of the workers at the state Civil Service Secretariat argued that the BVN was their personal number and should not be disclosed to anybody, because the number could be used to defraud them if it got into wrong hands.
One of the workers said, “We have been on this staff audit for years, yet it is still ongoing. Despite the daily staff screening, salaries are not regular and they are now asking us to disclose our BVN. I hope they won’t ask us to submit our ATMs and their PIN the way they are going.”
Some of the workers said they would not submit the BVN because they believed the numbers were not necessary for the exercise.
Our correspondent sighted the circular issued from the Department of Planning, Research and Statistics of the Ministry of Finance on Monday, asking civil servants in the state to fill a form indicating their names, Chams Identity card number, BVN and bank accounts. The BVN is one of the information marked as mandatory on the form.
The circular, with reference number AD/2/405/19 and dated February 18, 2016 pasted at the Ministry of Women Affairs, was entitled, “Re: Cleaning of payrolls of state and local governments’ workers in the State of Osun.”
The circular read, “Further to the circular letter with reference number AD/2/405/7 dated 7th September, 2015 on the above subject matter, I am directed to request every member of staff of your ministry/ department/ agency to complete the format below which should be forwarded to the Ministry of Finance not later than Wednesday, 24th February, 2016.”
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party has criticised the state government for requesting workers to disclose their BVN.
The spokesperson for the PDP in Osun State, Mr. Diran Odeyemi, who said this, accused Governor Rauf Aregbesola administration of planning to waste an additional N35m on the payroll cleaning, aside N97m the administration had allegedly wasted on the same exercise since 2010.

http://www.punchng.com/aregbesola-orders-civil-servants-to-produce-bvn-workers-kick/

Cc:lalasticlala

ok nah,End time governor.

He should first produce his own

Aregbe shld go get that from bank and stop acting like a fool.

Aregbes wickedness is unimaginable,....... Frustrating the workers and smiling..... In who's interest is he working? No wonder,the Bible said it,when the iwicked s in power, the people suffers.........

Who is defrauding workers with BVN?

I suspect there are lots of ghost workers afraid they would be discovered.

one of the easiest ways to pick out ghost workers is by checking every worker's BVN. If the same number shows up in different nominal rolls, voila! You have ghosts. They should submit it.......



....unless of course, someone has skeletons in a few cupboards somewhere

BVN will expose all the dirty deals and secret accounts .Better for the 'big theives' to throw in the towel now. Imagine having ghost workers in a state that is struggling to pay workers.

MirandaPrestly:
one of the easiest ways to pick out ghost workers is by checking every worker's BVN. If the same number shows up in different nominal rolls, voila! You have ghosts. They should submit it.......



....unless of course, someone has skeletons in a few cupboards somewhere

In other words, dis na Ghost Worker things. All the other governors are doing the same thing so I don't see what is the issue here.

afroniger:


In other words, dis na Ghost Worker things. All the other governors are doing the same thing so I don't see what is the issue here.

I wonder o. Last week Wike said same thing dat only staff wit BVN will be paid henceforth. Why do w take every policy of our leaders political? Am not a zombie neither am a wailer but i am a Nigerian. D major problem w have in dis country is YOU AND I.

What's the big deal about supplying their BVN?

It's not like he asked for their debit cards' PINs...

Cc: lalasticlala, dominique

Aregbesola should pay these people their money or negotiate with them instead of all these theatrics haba