Abia State Government has concluded plans to verify certificates of civil and public servants in its workforce. This is even as the Government urged the workers who have not uploaded their credentials online, to do so in their own interest.

This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Okey Kanu.

The Commissioner who gave the advice in Umuahia while briefing journalists said the measure has become important to know those who are qualified in their positions.

Kanu stated that the decision for the verification was reached during the week’s State Executive Council meeting, which was presided over by Governor Alex Otti.

Following the announcement, DAILY POST reports that some civil servants in the State have been jittery. This is even as the exercise has since commenced in the State.

Speaking on the exercise, Kanu stated that a total of 36, 875 academic certificates have been uploaded in the ongoing exercise.

The Commissioner, also added that a total of 25,458 career documents have equally been uploaded online in the ongoing exercise.

Kanu pointed out that 7, 582 certificates have been moved to various institutions for them to be verified.

The Commissioner, however, noted said that a good number of workers in the service have already uploaded their credentials. He, therefore, called on those that have not done their to do so.

However, many of the workers in the State have criticized the policy. They described as a punitive exercise against the workers.

Even the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Abia State Chapter has kicked against the exercise. The Congress stated that the directive given was to punish the civil servants in the State.

However, the Abia State Government has denied the NLC’s allegation.

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