Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- The Nigerian government has begun full enforcement of biometric attendance verification across all Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme centres.

The Ministry of Education said the enforcement which took effect on 1 February, has now linked all payments and trainees' stipends to verified attendance records.

According to a statement by the spokesperson for the education ministry, Folasade Boriowo, all centres are to deploy biometric attendance systems for real-time monitoring.

The statement said biometric verification is now "the sole approved method for validating attendance under the TVET Programme,"

It described the measure as part of renewed efforts to strengthen transparency, accountab...