Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun yesterday revealed that 11,000
potential ghost workers have been identified in the payroll of the
Federal government and are now being investigated. Adeosun made the
disclosure while speaking to state house correspondents after the
Federal Executive Counsil meeting in Abuja.
According to Adeosun, this disclosure was made possible by the routine audit of all ministries, agencies and parastatals ordered by President Buhari.
This discovery comes after 23,000 ghost workers were discovered in February, saving the Federal government N2.29 Billion in salary
According to Adeosun, this disclosure was made possible by the routine audit of all ministries, agencies and parastatals ordered by President Buhari.
This discovery comes after 23,000 ghost workers were discovered in February, saving the Federal government N2.29 Billion in salary
"On the issue of the ghost workers, of the 23,000 that we have removed from our payroll, we are now investigating another potential 11,000. Again we are using computer techniques to identify those who we need to investigate, so we are now looking at the second batch and as we resolve those cases we would inform you of the amount saved and the number of people removed”she said
FG probes 11,000 ghost workers
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