FINAL VERIFICATION OF EX-WORKERS OF NIGERIAN AIRWAYS SET TO COMMENCE
THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE HAS ANNOUNCED THE COMMENCEMENT OF FINAL VERIFICATION OF FORMER STAFF OF LIQUIDATED NIGERIA AIRWAYS, WHICH WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE ON CONTINUOUS AUDIT (PICA), FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MINISTRY OF AVIATION.
THIS WAS REVEALED IN A STATEMENT BY THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE.
THE EX-WORKERS HAD EARLIER LAMENTED THAT THE NON-PAYMENT OF THE OUTSTANDING ENTITLEMENTS HAD BROUGHT UNTOLD HARDSHIPS ON THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE RAMPAGING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
IN HIS ADDRESS TO THE FORMER STAFF, EXPLAINED THAT “THE EXERCISE IS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S DETERMINATION TO ENSURE THAT ALL FORMER PUBLIC WORKERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF LIQUIDATED AGENCIES, WHO HAD GENUINE AND LEGITIMATE CLAIMS WERE NOT DENIED SUCH.”
PICA, A FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING THE VERIFICATION EXERCISE JUST AS IT CARRIED OUT THE FIRST VERIFICATION AND PAYMENT OF THE VERIFIED STAFF OF THE DEFUNCT AGENCY IN NOVEMBER 2007.
