Kwara Workers face non-payment of salary as govt insist on compulsory residents’ registration
Kwara State Residents Registration Agency (KWASRRA)has disclosed that the workers’ registration is compulsory for all staff across the 16 local government councils in the state.
Alhaji Umar Danladi Shero, the Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission and Kwara State Local Government Pension Board, while disclosing this in a statement, said the exercise was not meant to witch hunt any officer but rather was intended to get accurate numbers and ensure they provide any other necessary information for adequate policy formation.
The Informant247 reports that a 2-day mop-up registration was scheduled for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Local Government Education Authority(LGEA) staff and other civil servants who failed to partake in the last residents registration organised by the Kwara State Residents Registration Agency.
This follows the state government’s announcement that public sector employees without a valid Kwara State Residents Registration Agency (KWSRRA) number will not receive their November 2024 salary or bonuses.
However, the Chairman, while emphasising the importance of the registration, said all the necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure a hitch-free registration exercise having earlier sent a circular to all the 16 councils.
He, then, asked staff to enrol themselves, while warning that any staff who failed to partake in the exercise would be considered an illegitimate officer of the council.
Back story
The Kwara State Government, on November 11, 2024, announced that public sector employees without a valid Kwara State Residents Registration Agency (KWSRRA) number will not receive their November 2024 salary or bonuses.
This decision follows months of ongoing efforts to ensure that every worker completes their KWSRRA registration.
KWSRRA, established by law, is responsible for collecting data on all residents in Kwara State and issuing unique identification numbers to each person.
This system, according to the Kwara State government is designed to improve planning, resource management, public service delivery, and security across the state.
Meanwhile, on November 12, a 2-day mop-up registration was scheduled for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Local Government Education Authority(LGEA) staff and other civil servants who failed to partake in the last residents registration organised by the Kwara State Residents Registration Agency.
According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Ag. General Manager, Kwara State Residents Registration Agency, Mr Tajudeen Jimoh, during the registration for the Kwara State Political Holders at the conference room of Ministry of Finance, Ilorin, the mop-up exercise is slated for civil servants who missed the one-month registration between 29th July 2024 – 4th September 2024 at the Banquet hall due to specific reasons.
He said the Agency has just concluded the local residents’ registration in which all the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State were visited to register Local Government staff and farmers, adding that the Kwara State House of Assembly members are scheduled to hold tomorrow, 12th November 2024 at the Kwara State House of Assembly, Asa Dam, Ilorin.
The mop-up registration was scheduled for Wednesday, 13th November 2024, and Monday, 18th November 2024, at the Banquet Hall, Ilorin.
