The Sokoto State Government confirmed it has discovered not less than 12,915 ghost workers whose names were added into the payroll of the 23 Local Governments Areas of the state.

The State Commissioner for Local Governments and Community Development, Alhaji Mannir Dan-Iya, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Sokoto, said the Ministry, through the Monitoring Department and other stakeholders has concluded a local government junior staff verification of about 58,143 workers, comprising of scheduled and unscheduled staff.

The commissioner said, the verification exercise has yield a successful result, adding that about 12, 915 staff, comprises of seat-at-home and ghost workers were fished out of the local governments staff payrolls.

Dan-Iya, said the exercise has also saved the state government over N319 million, it was a huge success for the State.

He also states that the Ministry is working towards conduct a similar verification exercise of senior staff whose salaries are been paid by the Ministry through their respective bank accounts.

Dan-Iya, also pledge that, the Ministry and the Local Governments Service Commission were collaborating to sanitize the payrolls of the local governments.

The commissioner stated that any official of the local governments or the ministry found to be wanting in this direction would be duly sanctioned.

He said, the ministry and the commission have beamed their searchlights on the various Departments of the 23 local governments, as well as the ministry, and anyone indicted would be sanctioned.

The Commissioner also said that issues that arose from the exercise mostly
associated with ''human error'' were being addressed in collaboration
with the stakeholders. He conclude by saying that the ministry had successfully boosted the internally generated revenues of the local governments by engaging consultants.



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Nice one there.

12k plus ghost workers?not even sure there is so much ghosts in the real life,even in the Ghostbusters movie.

Human error?these guys are joking. And the N319 Million somebody has been pocketing since 1999,is human error too?trace the money.

Somebody has to be held accountable. Tambuwal is an APC Governor,APC Government catching ghosts (thieves)since last year.

People tugging to rip wia dey never sow