No Plan To Sack Staff - NIMC DG
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Wednesday described as untrue insinuation that it is planning to sack or retrench 1,000 workers.
He said that we have no plan to declare redundancy or undertake retrenchment of staff, rather we have administratively dealt with cases of falsification of service records by some senior members of staff.
"The allegations and claims are false and an unfortunate misrepresentation of facts. They are malicious and calculated to discredit the Board, top management and the person of the DG over the handling of disciplinary cases of staff members found to have falsified their service records.
"The current actions and utterances of the representatives of ASCSN, which signed an agreement with the Management of NIMC in 2012 over this issue is unfortunate and suspicious”.
The Director General also said the association which alleged impunity on the side of Management, claimed that the NIMC under his leadership which the Union wants to be sacked by the government, has delivered on its mandate of the NIMC, in particular, the issuance of national eID Cards.
According to him; “It is unfortunate that on a day the National eID Card is being internationally recognized as the ‘Best African Payment Initiative in 2014, it is being disparaged at home. The National eID Card is currently being distributed across the Federation from our State Offices.
"It is regrettable that some members of staff with questionable service records who have been slowing down the pace of the implementation of the NIMS are now bent on disrupting the smooth arrangement put in place for citizens to enroll and subsequently come to collect their eID Cards at their convenience and upon notification”.
Commenting on allegation of financial misconduct, the NIMC Director General said all due processes were followed and appropriate approvals obtained as necessary by the Management in the discharge of its duties, adding that the management has ensured that all Annual Accounts of the NIMC are audited and approved by the Board before submission to the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation as required by law.
He also said no staff member who is qualified and applied was denied the right to go on annual leave adding that it is also not true that female staff are discouraged from getting pregnantan adding that it is even unthinkable as the management has always followed due process in all recruitment exercise.
The ASCSN started its protest on Tuesday but during the picketing action on Wednesday, the ASCSN prevented staff members of the NIMC who are members of the Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transportation and Corporations, SSACTAC, from entering the office in Lagos, Minna and their Head Office in Abuja.sinuation that it is planning to sack or retrench 1,000 workers.
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