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PDP Battles Ghost Workers, Pays Staff In Cash by bencoinfo2: 9:29am On Mar 28, 2016 |
The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic
Party has detected ghost workers on its payroll
after ordering the workers to line up and collect
their salaries in cash.
Investigations by our correspondent showed that
the precarious financial situation of the party
forced its leadership to take the action.
It was gathered that the National Chairman of the
party, Ali Modu Sheriff, was worried about the
huge salary bill of the workers and decided to
take action aiming at ascertaining the actual
number of workers at the party’s national
secretariat in Abuja.
Sheriff was said to have inherited about N872m
debt when he assumed office about a month ago.
Worried by this, Sheriff was said to have taken
members of the National Workers Committee by
surprise when on Thursday he directed the
workers to get their salaries in cash.
A management employee, who spoke with our
correspondent on Sunday, said that they were
surprised when they (the workers) were directed
to assemble inside the National Executive
Committee hall at the national secretariat.
He said, “Sheriff has started the restructuring of
the PDP for efficient and effective performance.
“March 24 will ever be a day to remember in our
party. On that day, as early as 11am, the NWC
and members of staff of the PDP, under the
instruction of our national chairman, moved into
the conference hall.
“The chairman also joined everyone in the hall.
And to the surprise of all, the business of the day
was the payment of staff salaries, which was done
department after department.
“One after the other, after individual’s physical
verification of each file and identity, thereafter you
are then paid your salary in cash.”
The exercise was chaired by the national
chairman who directed the National Treasurer, Mr.
Buhari Bala, to call the workers by their
departments.
Another management worker said, “Names of all
the workers were called according to their
departments and once you heard your name, you
would come out to collect your salary by hand.
“This order was followed by the national treasurer
and some employees of the Finance Department,
who assisted him.
“All heads of departments were on the ground to
observe the exercise.
“So, when a name was called, the person came
out and his/her file was opened for verification
before cash was paid to such a worker.
“And at about 6:30pm, the chairman left the hall
to attend to other meetings, while the national
treasurer continued to call the names of
employees.
“In the absence of the national chairman, he called
four departments, amongst them were the Youth
Department and Security Department.”
Before calling the security staff on the list
submitted, Bala was said to have complained that
the list was too lengthy.
It was gathered that Bala realised during the
payment that the security department had what he
described as ghost workers and security
personnel, as the names of policemen called were
those who had left the service of the PDP
immediately after the resignation of the then
National Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, about
two years ago.
Some of the workers at the national secretariat
had called on Sheriff to set up a panel to
investigate those behind the scam.
One of them said, “The outcome of what
happened on Thursday was an indication that
salaries of those ghost workers were being
collected by someone over the years.
“ Ghost workers were also discovered in the other
departments.”
It was gathered that seven policemen, who had
left the party more than two years ago, were still
being paid.
The affected policemen (names withheld)
comprise of a DSP, an ASP, two inspectors, one
sergeant and two corporals.
One of the police officers, who left the party some
years ago, was posted to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, but was still
collecting salaries from the PDP or someone was
collecting it on his behalf without his knowledge.
It was gathered that the pays included N12,000
allowance for conventional policemen and
N30,000 for riot policemen.
It was also gathered that personal staff of past
national chairmen, majority of whom had defected
to other political parties, were still being paid by
the party.
“If this isn’t true, then someone is collecting their
salaries without their knowledge. A proper
external audit of the members of staff must be
conducted. Then the party must investigate those
who have been collecting the salaries of these
ghost workers,” another source added.
Bala, who confirmed the exercise, told our
correspondent that the national chairman ordered
the action.
He also said that some fictitious names were
discovered during the exercise.
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