read: FG to introduce automated payment of workers salaries

The minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun today disclosed that the federal government spends N165 Billion to pay monthly salaries and allowances of workers across the country. In order to reduce the huge wage bill, President Muhammdu Buhari has directed the compulsory automation of payment of workers’ salaries and allowances as a means of reducing the cost of governance, The Nation reports. Adeosun speaking when serving chiefs under the federal ministry of interior came to the ministry of finance to plug into the payment automation exercise, said President Buhari wants everybody to be on the automated payment system which will lead to improvement in financial control and transparency.