ABUJA — The Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has started a check on e-governance system’s mode of paying salaries.

This is with a view to uncovering sharp practices in pay roll and fish out ghost workers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, across the country.

Chairman of ICPC Mr Ekpo Nta, who dropped the hint while chatting with newsmen in Abuja last weekend, disclosed that operatives of the commission were currently carrying out authentication of what was on nominal roll and that of pay roll in some banks.

Ekpo explained that they were visiting various banks to verify the actual recipients of the money.

According to him, this is to check whether the “person whose name is on the nominal roll and on the pay roll in a particular ministry is the same person who is receiving it in the bank.”

He said the checks were necessary because of the e-governance system of paying salaries, which has removed so many bottlenecks as cashiers now pay directly to the banks.

In the past, you had a whole lot of people involved up to the cashier to move money, but now the system has removed those elements of man to man contact,” Nta explained.

The ICPC boss maintained that the checks by ICPC operatives were working perfectly, calling on members of the public to avail themselves of the opportunity by contacting the commission promptly.

Nta noted that physical reportage of infractions to ICPC had slowed down the agencvy’s activities, adding that he could be reached on the following e-mail address:  [email protected] for urgent response to requests.

” I want to use this opportunity to state that the moment you have any credible issue to send to us, go ahead and we have a much more responsive system now,” Nta said.