A Proposed Model For Users’ Authentication Of Attendance System Towards Curtailing Fraud In Public Sector

Abstract

fraud in the public sector is endemic and requires immediate attention. Users’ Authentication (UA) remains the most viable system for fraud management globally. The conventional Users’ Authentication (UA) utilizes the biometrics and authentication of an attendance system such as GPS, RFID and therefore identified with certain limitations. Therefore, this study integrated biometrics, authentication of attendance system, national identity database (NID) and or Bank Verification Number (BVN) as a framework for financial management in the public sector. A system-to-system integration approach will be adopted to reduce human interference and errors. Verification and authentication of each users biometrics from the NID / BVN will serves as the major input parameters. The collection of daily biometric data of attendance will be passed to central payroll application which in turn forms the output of the model at the end of the month. The integration of biometric authentication of attendance system, National Identity Database and BVN can provide a more reliable and effective framework for the management of financial leakages in public sector. The developed framework is therefore recommended for use in public sector.