‘We’ve found another 11,000 ghost workers on FG payroll,’ Minister says

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March 10, 2016 1:59 PM

The disclosure was made by Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun to journalists after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in Abuja.

Minister of Finance-Kemi Adeosun.

The Federal Government has found another 11,000

The disclosure was made by Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun to journalists after a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in Abuja.

“On the issue of the ghost workers, of the 23,000 that we had removed, our payroll has reduced by N2.29bn per month. The update on that is that we are now investigating another potential 11,000,” she said.

“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 will inform you of the amount saved and the number of people removed,” she added.

The government had earlier discovered 23,000 ghost workers on its payroll.

The names were subsequently removed and saw the government saving N2.29 billion which would’ve been spent on the workers’ monthly salaries.

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