Yobe State Public Service has said out of its 32,140 civil servants, 5,029 have failed to submit their bio-data capture verification forms for payment of their monthly salaries.   
  
According to the verification committee, only 27,111 workers participated in the exercise. 
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Presenting the bio-data verification report, yesterday, in Damaturu, the YSPS Permanent Secretary and chairman of the committee on the nominal roll of civil servants, Dr Bukar Kilo, stated: “Today’s event was the presentation of a report on bio-data capture verification to the Head of Service, Alhaji Tonga Betara Bularafa.”
   
In overcoming the challenges of non-verification of workers in the civil service, Kilo directed the set-up of a bio-data capture verification committee. 
  
Besides the verification exercise, he said all staff that failed to submit their forms are to present their original credentials, employment records, and a six-month bank statement to the committee.
   
Kilo continued: “The bio-data verification exercise will ensure the accuracy of our records in authenticating the total workforce on the payroll of the state government.”  
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