The Federal Government has so far uncovered 45,000 ghost workers in its bid to eliminate waste in its expenditure.

Minister of State, Finance, Dr. Yerima Ngama, said this on Wednesday while briefing journalists on the outcome of the weekly Federal Executive Council presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.

He briefed State House correspondents alongside the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru.

Ngama and Ashiru had earlier briefed the FEC of their ministries’ achievements and challenges in 2012.

Ngama said the ghost workers were uncovered in 215 Ministries, Departments and Agencies where his ministry had already introduced the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.

Under the scheme, he said 153,019 members of staff had so far been audited as at January 2013.

With the discovery, he said about N100bn was already being saved in form of salary bill.

He added that efforts were being made to continue the exercise in the remaining 321 MDAs with a view to identifying other ghost workers still in the system.

He said the government’s decision was one of the ways of rationalising the nation’s recurrent expenditure.

Ngama said the major problem that distorted current expenditure in the country was the across-the-board increase in salary in 2010.

Ngama regretted that although the Federal Government succeeded in breaking the budget jinx by sending the 2013 Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly last September, it had yet to be signed into law.

He said, “This year, we have broken the budget jinx. We were able to submit the budget in record time in September and it was passed on December 20, 2012.

“They (members of the National Assembly) have returned the document to us. We have some few things to sort out before it is signed.”

The minister said in all, the Federal Government had managed the nation’s economy well to the extent that it was attracting more foreign investors daily.

Maku said Jonathan, during the FEC, set up an inter-ministerial committee to go round the world and take inventory of Federal Government’s assets abroad that the government needs to work on to add value.



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This is the 2013 edition of uncovering ghost workers.
How many ghost workers would they find by December?
I think they are just talking trash up there in Aso Rock and its branches in Abuja.

Shame on them. Who was benefiting from the ghost workers? Why are they not being prosecuted?

Yeah!

The government just duscovered an extra N100 billion that they can add to their loot.

What will happen to a ghost worker like Patience Jonathan? The problem will not vanish through biometric data collection or personnel vetting because government officials will still find a way to circumvent the system. While it is good that government has uncovered these ghost workers, the perpetrators of employment fraud in the public service should also be weeded out and employment should not be politicised, if not other ghost workers will be employed to replace them!

Make i think wetin i wan comment

Yawns

If you don't arrest and try these crooks publicly, this will continue.

Ten Billion Goodluck Will Use To Eat abi??

I hope its gost workers they are sacking......? Make deem no ggo deal with opposition in d namee of gost workers. The ones caught shud be procecuted to serves as deterent 4 odas

I dey laugh. Who is the government sef? Are they not part of the conspiracy?

Saves 100 billion. Puts it in individual pockets.

Na wah for 9ja human being no get work, una dey provide work for ghosts. Abeg if una sack ghost, make una help we humans too. Atleast, we know that we have 100million human beings and 50million ghosts in 9ja. I'm not surprised.

Who employed them and why are some people not commiting suicides, recieving sack letters and resigning at will as side effects of this news?
If only Nigeria were China........

When will the Federal Govt of Nigeria (FGN) publicly prosecute the officials responsible
for this national disgrace and recover the loot?

This 100bn will end up in a few politicians pocket. I prefer to see 45,000 people share the money rather than a few polithiefians.

Why tell us? Not like the money saved would be used to benefit us anyway so they might as well keep quiet and steal it as it is in their character

Anoda sign of good governance..nigerians should understand dat Goodluck have a very long way to go in trying to erase corruption from de system..he is trying kudos!!!

As a perm sec in Bayelsa State' isn't Patience Jonathan a ghost worker since she lives in Abuja and wants a 4 billion mission house in Abuja.

Please how can I be a ghost worker too. Help!!

Ghost workers and we wey no be ghost neva see work

Nigeria and the issue of ghost workers is really alarming. Imagine 100 billion been squandered to the so called workers. Well hope d money recovered is generated to something productive. Cases like d Abacha loot, ibori,s loot and others recovered by d EFCC have not been accounted for. Hope this one wld not follow suit

HAHAHAHAHAHAH I LOVE NIGERIA.....THANK GOD AM FROM NIGERIA.....NOW IN NIGERIA GHOST CAN WORK AN RECIEVE SALARY....IN NIGERIA EVERYTHING IS POSIBLE....HAHAHAHAHAHA

Wanna see ghost workers? Head to FIRS offices. those people has the most ghost workers i have ever seen.

they 're not all gone i'm sure more thousands 're somewia hiding

It is there on the other thread that fashola sacked workers, and you pple said “fashola is working, lagos is working“. Now that this is coming from d fed govt the hell has been let loosed. So biased, prejudicial.

ckenneths: If you don't arrest and try these crooks publicly, this will continue.

START WITH MADAM DAME 4 WORKIN AS A GHOST PARM.SEC. IN BAYELSA

[quote
author=DJDOLA]HAHAHAHAHAHAH I LOVE NIGERIA.....THANK GOD AM FROM
NIGERIA.....NOW IN NIGERIA GHOST CAN WORK AN RECIEVE SALARY....IN
NIGERIA EVERYTHING IS POSIBLE....HAHAHAHAHAHA[/quote]the poster says ghost workers and not willie willie. wen u laff at naija, u re equaly laffin @urself punk

Next step is to employ 45000 genuine Nigerians to replace them. Just imagine 45000 slots across 36 states and FCT. Each state would have 1216 slots! But i don't think they will ever consider doing such.

Truth is, in Nigeria acts of corruption are generally less risky to perpetrate, and the rewards are greater.

People will continue to circumvent the system and create more leakages as long as those who have gone before them REMAIN UNPUNISHED.

Also, what kind of example is the Federal Government setting when N16billion is allocated for constructing a new residence for the Vice President? Have they considered how much is wasted on maintaining the ten jets in the presidential fleet?

Set the right example, and then ensure that those who flout the rules are PUNISHED.

Simples.

I didn't believer this 100billionaire habahh they shall make a tangible report with evidence and proof, this is how gov't. Make false report inorder to believer there re fighting corruption.