‘FG did not ask workers to close their GTB salary accounts’, details revealed

Some reports claiming that the federal government instructed government employees to move their payroll accounts out of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) have been debunked.

The rejection follows the following viral WhatsApp message: “Let’s all pay attention. GTB is now in serious trouble and could be shut down any time from now. Anyone who has money in the bank has to do what needs to be done.”

However, a GTB spokesperson said: Cornelius OnuohaThe message was debunked on Friday.

He said the people behind the message were the same people who were trying to blackmail the bank after it declared N1 trillion profit.

The report is “It’s completely false.”

“This is completely false. The federal government also commented on this. These same people are looking for ways to blackmail the bank after it declared N1 trillion profit.” Onouha told The Cable.

Naija News This is a reminder to the Government Accountability Office’s Director of Media and Public Affairs following the federal government’s decision to stop using the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to pay employees of Federal Tertiary Institutions (FTIs). federation (OAGF), Give it to Mokwa.It also defied a government order requiring workers to change their salary accounts.

Mokwa said in a statement on November 4 that the OAGF had not made the announcement. any instructions Ask workers to switch payroll accounts.

He told the workers not to take any panic decisions as their welfare is the top priority of the government.

He explained that the decision to change salary accounts is a completely personal decision for each worker without any direction from the IPPIS office.

“OAGF has explained that whenever an application is made to change a salary account, this is always a personal decision for the worker concerned. The IPPIS Secretariat did not issue general guidance on this because there was no reason to do so.” Mokwa said.

“OAGF has directed financial institutions to implement necessary strategies to enhance customer confidence and ensure efficient discharge of obligations to those on the payroll of such financial institutions and Nigerians in general.

“OAGF noted that there is an agency legally mandated to determine the soundness and viability of financial institutions and expressed optimism that the agency will do its job.” Mokwa said.