Bauchi state government on Monday, January 6, disclosed that it has uncovered about 596 dead staff and pensioners on its payroll.
The Herald gathered that the state governor, Bala Mohammed, earlier set up Bank Verification Committee to fish out the ghost workers.
Chairman of the committee, Adamu Gumba, made this known during 3 months assignment that screened 30,226 people in the state.
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Gumba said: “Out of the 30,226 people that we screened, 24,736 have been cleared for payment. We discovered that 596 dead people were on the payroll. For those who did not show up, maybe they will have another chance to be verified by the implementation committee to be set up. I think they are suspects and everything must be done to identify them.
“If the entire 130,000 workers in the state and local governments, including pensioners, are verified, more ghost workers will be discovered because logically, if we could uncover ghost workers from the 30,226 people, how much more will be discovered if the entire number were verified.”
He further assured that all those verified and cleared by the committee but have yet to receive their 3 months salaries and allowances will now be paid without any further delay.