The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that it will commence Personnel Payroll auditing in November 2023.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Olusade Adesola, made this known this during a Training Workshop on 2024 Budget Preparation, Implementation and Performance for Budget Officers held at the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Laboratory, Area 11 Garki, Abuja.
Adesola said the exercise is commencing early so as to enable the FCTA fish out ghosts workers on its payroll
He also stated that the payroll auditing will ensure that the authentic staff benefit appropriately.
Speaking further, the FCT secretary emphasized that the 2024 budget of the Federal Capital Territory will be a performance based appropriation.
The Payroll Auditing, according to the Permanent Secretary, will be technologically driven, such that individuals will upload their data by themselves to indicate that they are alive and staff of where they claimed to be.
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The Permanent Secretary said the 2024 Budget will be a marked departure from the tradition, where budgets are submitted late occassioned by situations beyond control.
He stated that the training became necessary for prompt rendition of the FCT budget to ensure Budget Officers are equipped with the required knowledge.
Adesola revealed that the period of verification for the payroll auditing exercise will not exceed one week; stressing that any staff who is not verified at the end of the exercise will be withdrawn from the Payroll.
