The
Federal Government on Sunday directed all its ministries, department
and agencies to update their bank details to the uniform account
numbers.
A statement issued by the Deputy
Director, Press, in the Office of the Accountant General of the
Federation, Mr. Charles Nwodo, said the update became imperative in
order to ensure the full compliance with the regulations of the Central
Bank of Nigeria.
The statement said any MDA that failed
to comply with the directive might experience delay in the payment of
its salary henceforth.
The apex bank had fixed July 1 as the
deadline for all bank customers to update their accounts to the 10-digit
Nigerian Uniform Bank Account Number.
The statement reads in part: “The
Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation is advising all
federal ministries, departments and agencies who have not done so to
update their bank details as the deadline by the CBN for compliance with
the Nigerian Uniform Bank Account Number policy became effective July
1, 2013.
“Failure to comply may result in the delay of the payment of salaries henceforth.
“However, if any worker experiences any
delay in the payment of his/her salary, he/she should confirm that the
banking details have been accordingly updated and forwarded to
Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.”
The CBN had released the guidelines on
NUBAN scheme in August 2010 to achieve a uniform numbering structure
among all Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria within nine months.
NUBAN, according to the CBN, has the
potential to resolve problems with electronic payments in Nigeria as
many of them are related to specification of wrong beneficiary account
numbers.
The initial deadline was June 1, 2011.
This was extended by the CBN to June 1, 2012; and at the expiration of
the date, it was further extended to July 1, 2013.
The OAGF statement further stated that
since NUBAN became fully operational on July 1, 2013, all members of
staff of MDAs were supposed to have complied with it.
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