Federation saves N200 billion from the elimination of 50,000 ghost workers in 2016

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Federation saves N200 billion from the elimination of 50,000 ghost workers in 2016

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By Akinwande OnadekoIn a statement made by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu at an interactive meeting with State House correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, he said that the federal government had saved N200 billion by getting rid of 50,000 ghost workers from its pay roll.
Mallam Garba Shehu

Mallam Garba Shehu

According to him, about N13 billion has been taken off the payroll monthly from February to December this year.He also added that 11 persons in charge of syndicating ghost workers have been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for further investigation and possible prosecution.”˜The flagship programme of the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to rid the system of fraud and instil good governance is on course. Through a notable initiative, the Efficiency Unit of the Federal Ministry of Finance, the government has embarked on the continuous auditing of the salaries and wages of government departments’.”˜When the committee was constituted in February 2016, the federal government monthly salary bill was N151 billion excluding pensions. Now the monthly salary warrant is N138 billion, excluding pensions, which means that the government is making a monthly saving of about N13 billion. That is from February 2016 to date’, he said.

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