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Monday 11 July 2011

43,000 ghost workers on the payroll of Ministries, Department and Agencies

Former Minister of Finance who has been reappointed minister, Dr Olusegun Aganga, weekend, disclosed that about 43,000 ghost workers were on the payroll of  Ministries, Department and Agencies, MDAs, of the Federal Government before the last cabinet was dissolved.

He said as a result of the biometric audit of 36 MDAs, the Federal Ministry of Finance fished out the names of former employees of the Federal Government who were either retired or dead but were still receiving salaries, thus adding to the cost of governance in the country.



He said the number of employees taking monthly pay in the said MDAs was 112,000 but after the biometrics it dropped by 43,000 to 69,000 employees. Although he did not give details of the amount saved, he said the biometric system introduced by the ministry had within one year saved government a lot of money and that it has been done for 36 MDAs of the Federal Government.

Aganga, who spoke to journalists in Lagos, weekend, shortly after receiving the Young Men’s Christian Association, YMCA, award for exemplary public office life, said feat in tha MDAs was achieved through the implementation of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System.

Source: 234next

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW oba baba oni fraud

Kemiismyrealname said...

Now that he has been demoted he is talking. Hiss!

Anonymous said...

nothing new with Nigeria..
its been an issue since the 70s..

Ch5335ng said...

Good he's done something about it. But have others done the same? I don't think so. It's always been a menace. It's just like the Christian pilgrimage and Hajj lists always have ghost names on them and some person at the top pockets the FX!

Allegra said...

Only in 9ja. When are all these things going to stop or at least decrease significantly.

Anonymous said...

NA TODAY, EVEN THE OUTSOURCING AGENT WEY I DEY WORK FOR GET GHOST WORKERS

Anonymous said...

the number is definately higher than 43,000. trust me, only the North sef should have over 500,000 ghost workers. i did my NYSC there so i know what i'm talking about.

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