The Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, on Thursday, directed the verification and biometric capture of all local government workers in the state.

According to the statement by the Secretary to Enugu State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the verification committee will be inaugurated on Friday, December 1, 2023 at the Government House, Enugu.

Prof. Onyia said that the verification exercise shall commence on that same Friday, December 1, 2023 and continue till the end of February 2024 with random visits by the verification committee to any of the 17 local governments in the state any working day of the week.

Part of the statement reads “Workers are expected to be on duty with their letters of appointment and schedule of duty for verification and biometric capturing. Those absent and others confirmed not to have been fulfilling the terms of their employment shall cease to be government employees.

“Also, all local governments by this announcement are hereby directed to henceforth submit their lists of attendance for the previous week on Wednesdays to the Office of the Secretary to Enugu State Government.”

Report by Chibuike Ezekwesili

News Editor: Okuh Ikeme

Published by, Odoh Ngozi