The Ministry of Information and Strategy in Abia State has started verifying its employees.
The Ministry rescheduled the staff audit, which was originally planned to take place from Monday to Tuesday, for Wednesday and Thursday.
The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Charles Ifenkwe, issued a statement advising the Ministry’s employees to visit the Ministry’s Administration Department for verification using photocopies of their service records.
The staff audit may not be unrelated to the administration of Governor Alex Otti’s desire to remove ghost employees from the State’s civil service, a source in the civil service told DAILY POST.
The source added that workers with genuine employment records had no reason to panic because of the verification exercise.
Meanwhile, the Permanent Secretary of Abia State Ministry of works, Mr Sunday Okpara has summoned all contractors doing jobs for the Ministry to his office for a crucial meeting.