The UAE Ministry of Finance has withheld the July salaries of employees with incomplete or inaccurate national ID details to help implement the financial Circular No.3 for 2016 on ‘uploading Emirates ID details within employees’ records in the Federal Financial System’.
The Emirate ID number is an essential reference to speed up all government transactions for all federal government employees. Since the issuance of the circular in April, the number of employees with incomplete or inaccurate national ID details went down to 280 employees compared to 3,000 employees previously.
Mariam Mohammed Al Amiri, Assistant Under-Secretary for the Management of Financial Resources, stressed the need for all ministries and federal entities to ensure the completion of uploading the required data in the system. Having the correct data for all government employees in ministries and federal entities will facilitate transactions, and follow up on their requests in a fast and accurate manner, reports from Emirates 247 stated.
Al Amiri also highlighted the link between the Emirate ID number and a number of significant federal government projects.
The Ministry has previously announced on the need for all ministries and federal entities linked to the Federal Financial System to enter or correct the Emirates ID numbers of their employees by July 10, 2016.
