The federal government has commenced a week-long mop up verification exercise for ex-workers of the former Nigeria Airways, who were not audited during the previous exercise.
A statement signed by Mr. Olajide O. Oshudun, Deputy Director, Information, said the exercise is being done by the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA) in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning.
The ministry had earlier conducted a similar exercise in the six geo-political zones in September, 2018. The latest verification, is holding simultaneously in Lagos and Kano, and is meant to ensure that all eligible beneficiaries are audited and paid off their entitlements.
According to the statement, speaking during an inspection of the exercise at the two centres, the Permanent Secretary, Special Duties in the Ministry, Dr. Mohammed Dikwa, stated that the exercise was in furtherance of the federal government’s commitment to ensure that all former workers of the defunct airways got their benefits.
Represented by the Deputy Director Procurement, Mr. Izerebu Iyugun John, the Permanent Secretary assured the ex-workers at the two centres that the FG was committed to paying their dues once they were audited, and advised them to cooperate with the verifiers and ensure that they provided all the documents required for the exercise.
It will be recalled that the Nigeria Airways was liquidated in 2004, without its almost 6,000 workers being paid any entitlements.
However, following continuous agitations by the workers for their entitlements, President Muhammadu Buhari, in 2018, approved that all audited staff of the organization should be paid 50 percent of their severance entitlements.
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