By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
The Vice Chancellor Taraba State University, Professor Sunday Bako, on Friday said the university was conducting biometric verification for staff to end ghost workers.
PERISCOPE NIGERIA reports that Governor Agbu Kefas, had during a media chat in Jalingo, alleged that there were ghost workers in the university, and declared that he would not pay ghost workers.
Meanwhile, the vice Chancellor of the university while interacting with journalists said, the institution’s management has taken the issue of staff verification as a mandate to ensure accurate identification of staff in the university, both academic and non academic.
Bako disclosed that the decision was to have a data base of staff to improve on the screening system of the university.
According to him, the system is capturing both biometric and the National Identification Number of all staff to be able to give accurate data of staff and move away from the normal screening of file presentation.
“We want to move away from the normal screening of file presentation. We are carrying out biometric, linking it with staff national identification number (NIN), to have accurate data of staff in Taraba state University.
“We want to have a data base of staff and improve on the screening system of the university which we believe would end the issues of ghost workers in the institution,” Bako disclosed.
The vice Chancellor also informed that both the university management, Taraba state government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities,Taraba state University, have reached an understanding to ensure stable academic calendar.
“Thank God, ASUU is not going on strike anytime soon. We have done everything possible to ensure stable academic calendar in the university, and thank God ASUU understand with us and have shave the planed strike.
“At the tripartite meeting between the management, ASUU and the governmet representative, we were able to tell them what is possible and what is not possible. The ones that were possible, we did them immediately and government gave them assurance and they have seen the commitment of the governmet to addressing all their issues.
“On the issue of fencing which is part of their demands, we also informed them that we have gotten some support outside the state to help address the matter. I believe both the national body of the union is convince that both the management of the university and the Taraba state government is committed to addressing ASUU demands in the university.
“I wish to sincerely Commend governor Agbu Kefas for the support toward ensuring accreditation of courses in the university, and the attention giving to the institution to ensure academic standard,” The Vice Chancellor expressed.
