By Nicholas Ojo
Dr. Alex Otti led administration in Abia State has discovered no fewer than 2,300 ghosts in its payroll system.
The Governor who weeded them out, said he has saved over N220m on monthly wage bill. Noting that the ghost workers were detected following ongoing verification of civil servants in the state.
This was made known by the State Accountant General, Deaconess Njum Onyemenam, in Umuahia, the state capital, on Monday.
She explained that the verification exercise was still ongoing.
“So far, we have been able to save N220m from the ongoing verification of workers in the state, local governments and pensioners.
“Not less than 2,300 ghost workers have been weeded out from the payroll, using the unified payment system and we hope to still identify more as we continue with the exercise,” the accountant general said.
She confirmed reiterated the governor’s directive last week that workers would be paid the arrears of April salaries left behind by the immediate-past administration as well as June pensions to retirees.
“The ocal government workers, who did not get June salaries due to their failure to submit their verified payment schedule, will receive their salaries this week,” she added.
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