Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has directed local government chairmen to stay in their respective areas and must sign attendance register four times daily to prove their presence.
Zulum gave the directive on Monday in Maiduguri while presiding over the swearing-in ceremony of the 27 elected council chairmen.
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The governor, therefore, directed the Ministry of Local Government to immediately deploy biometric data capture machines to council areas for chairmen to thumbprint daily at 8 a.m., at noon, at 2 p.m. and at 3.30 p.m.
He said that the measure became necessary to check absenteeism or absconding from work by any chairman without genuine reason, adding that “abscondment remain an impeachment offence.
“We have advised chairmen, time without number, but the advise had not been adhere to strictly. We have now designed a measure to ensure their presence, which is very important.”
