Tinubu Says Federal Wage Bill Blotted, Plans Full Digitization of Transactions
President Bola Tinubu, worried over the high wage bill of the federal civil service, says his administration would deploy cutting edge technology to sanitize the payroll.
The proposed technology, according to the President, would curb the waste and save fund for infrastructural development.
Tinubu, speaking on Monday while receiving the Deputy Vice Chairman of Oracle, Andres Aroyo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, regards the Federal Government’s wage bill as bloated.
According to Tinubu, the number on the wage bill whenever it was given to him, always frighten him, because between one and two per cent of Nigeria’s population, are consuming all the revenue required for the development of the economy.
Tinubu said the trend is being replicated at the state and local government levels.
He said that what Nigeria needs now is a tight technology, which could check and balance all the necessary control points in transaction processes.
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The President said his administration would partner with global technological giants to produce template for proper public sector planning and accounting and for accurate data from public institutions.
The statement reads “I have tested Oracle and it has worked for our success. In Lagos State, what we did in effective collaboration with you, has been copied across the states of the Federation,” the statement quoted Tinubu as saying.
“We can only build our institutions with accurate data and cutting-edge data management capabilities that are reliable and effective. We can only rely upon our human resources for excellent service delivery to Nigerians if they are well-trained and ready to learn.
“The transfer of knowledge is essential for our nation and the continent. In this government, we believe that the only way to build our country is a bottom-up approach and from one single sheet of paper, we can create an end-to-end solution for public administration that will rid our service of its worst tendencies in favour of effectiveness and reliability.”
