Special Adviser on Economic Affairs to Abia State Governor, Mr. Obinna Oriaku, has revealed that the government saved N300 million from ghost workers in the state.
In a statement, he said the integrated payroll verification process the state has employed is yielding positive results.
He said “In the month of May government was able to save N160 million from ghost workers. The summary of the State savings for both the month of May and June in salary payment stands at over N300 million.
“We have paid all for the three months we are in charge while the bailout fund will be used to offset arrears.
“We had arrears before we came in. We started from when we came in which was May, June and July. We took over on May 29th. The bailout fund will be used to take out all outstanding salaries and pension that we met on ground.
“Please note that civil servants now take it for granted that they all will be paid at the end of every month. All the institutions in the state are back to work.”