Over 8, 000 ghost workers have been discovered in the Kano State Government payroll by the
committee set to audit workers in the civil service. Umar Faruk, the state’s Commissioner for Information, Internal Affairs, Youths, Sports and Culture, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Kano on Thursday. He said the figure is contained in an interim report of the committee on the on-going
capture of biometric data of workers in the state and local government service. Faruk also gave an indication that this figure may be higher.
“The report highlighted the progress made so far in which over 8,000 ghost workers were identified in the interim report,” he said.
The state government, according to him, has embarked on a massive overhaul of services and
infrastructure, adding that N3.1 billion has been approved for the execution of 11 projects. “These include N1.7 billion
approved for the State Universal Basic Education Board to utilise the 2011 matching grant to
construct classrooms and
provide teachers and students’ furniture,” he said.
He said N740 million would be used as share capital for the 37 proposed micro finance banks across the state, adding that
N197.8 million was also approved for the supply of 2, 300 tonnes of aluminium sulphate for the
treatment of water at various water plants in the state. Other approved projects include:
N66.1 million to facilitate the third batch of the
government’s Animal Traction Programme; N24.4 million for the construction of overflow parking lots in front of the state government house; and N15.9 million for the construction of
drainage and other civil works around the same premises.

Source; Daily Time