A mop-up verification of former staff of the Nigeria Airway which is currently in Liquidation has begun in Kano. This was disclosed via a press release signed and sent to the media by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Hassan Dodo.The exercise is being carried out by the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit ( PICA), a department in the Federal Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the Ministry of Aviation.”The exercise, which is the last the Ministry of Finance would carry out, is meant to verify ex- workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways who had genuine claims but were yet to be paid. “Addressing the ex- workers, Director, PICA, Bashir Harisu Mohammed, restated that the exercise was in furtherance of the Federal Government’s determination to ensuring that all former public workers, especially those of liquidated agencies, who had genuine and legitimate claims were not denied of such.”The Director stated that PICA, a Federal Ministry of Finance department is responsible for conducting the verification exercise just as it carried out the first verification and payment of the verified staff of the defunct agency in November 2007, following an earlier approval by the late President Umaru Yar’adua.