Dr. Okonjo-Iweala disclosed that the
biometrics exercise in the police,
brought the wage bill from N1.5 billion
per month to a mere N500 million, per
month, an indication that a huge N1
billion was going to ghost workers and
ghost pensioners each month.
She said that the federal government
would pull through with the exercise
which she said was critical in reducing
recurrent budgets, as it has become
evident that the payroll needed to be
cleaned up.
vanguardngr.com/2011/12/oil-subsidy-removal-jonathan-still-consulting-okonjo-iweala/

shocking!! Imagine if this is done to all govt agencies, ministries etc. Good try for Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iwiala.

Maybe we need a biometric exercise in each Nigerian household. Nigerians are too corrupt, it is not just the police.

^^^
May be we should start with your master GEJ the No.1 citizen of Nigeria and the leader of PDP .

Lets Biometric Patience Goodluck's Account - Lets see how many ghost dollar notes are present

Hooray for Biometrics. . . . Now I wonder how much it costs to have and keep Biometrics.  If it is not expensive, it might be solution to government ghost workers as well. Since simpler solutions are a NO NO.

WOW!

I just wonder if they applied biometric identity management to personnel verification/authentication across the entire civil service and pension personnel.Untempered with we could be looking at savings well north of one trillon naira.
I use the qualification untempered with because the faceless people in the upper echelons of the civil service administrative and management cader who for generations have plagued government payrolls with ghostworkers  are still there : in charge or with their successors in place they might just introduce 21st century  methods to a 20th century racket.

kenis:

Dr. Okonjo-Iweala disclosed that the
biometrics exercise in the police,
brought the wage bill from N1.5 billion
per month to a mere N500 million, per
month, an indication that a huge N1
billion was going to ghost workers and
ghost pensioners each month.
She said that the federal government
would pull through with the exercise
which she said was critical in reducing
recurrent budgets, as it has become
evident that the payroll needed to be
cleaned up.
vanguardngr.com/2011/12/oil-subsidy-removal-jonathan-still-consulting-okonjo-iweala/

shocking!! Imagine if this is done to all govt agencies, ministries etc. Good try for Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iwiala.

very good!
and nigerians would be saying they pay tax and they should be enjoying the benefits of their tax.
nigerians don't pay tax to the government. it is the government paying taxes to the people.

if the law enforcement arm like the police are eating 1 billion naira a month through ghost workers, i wonder what other ministries from the federal level to the state and to the local would be eating per month. it is now clear why that country is not working. the people are equally as guilty as the politicians stashing money in foreign accounts.

Kudos to the govt
For once they did what was "begging" to be done.

Biometrics was also used by the Rivers State government and it helped save some hundreds of millions per month from the civil service. As much as the use of biometrics is applauded, i think its insufficient to just recount its gains and how much is being saved. Who were those that started and benefitted from this ghost worker scam? I believe that as much as there is need to use biometrics for basically evry government parastatal, there is also a strong need to investigate and prosecute those involved.

My body dey shake. N1b Only for police side abi.

1 billion x military x para military x all parastatals x NA allowances and Govt. Contacts = VERY BUOYANT NIGERIA.

BIOMETRICS -HIP! HIP!! HIP!!! HURRAY

With a hammer, all problems look like nails,

I hope we dont see this as a silver bullet. There is still a need to investigate and kill off the cartels that did this in the first place.

True talk jephiano!

The biometric exercise should be applauded. They should (and probably will) go a step further and prosecute those responsible for ghost workers, otherwise they'll keep looking for the next loop hole to exploit.

N1bn saved by the govt is N1bn lost by a group of people who won't give up in looking for other ways to replace that income unless they are dealt with.

Claus:

True talk jephiano!

The biometric exercise should be applauded. They should (and probably will) go a step further and prosecute those responsible for ghost workers, otherwise they'll keep looking for the next loop hole to exploit.

N1bn saved by the govt is N1bn lost by a group of people who won't give up in looking for other ways to replace that income unless they are dealt with.

I am all for that, but it will mean arresting a full 90% of Nigerians. The place is a nest of corruption.

kodewrita:

With a hammer, all problems look like nails,

I hope we dont see this as a silver bullet. There is still a need to investigate and kill off the cartels that did this in the first place.

That is where we are dreaming.

Trust the Silveback Gorilla ruling us, it will be a case of "abeg, leave them alone jor".

No punishment, no learning.

No severe punishment, no deterrent.

If I was the one, they would weep blood as tears.

Well done, Dr. Iweala. However, until such deeds are investigated, people prosecuted and jailed, we are still joking

Boboedom:

Well done, Dr. Iweala. However, until such deeds are investigated, people prosecuted and jailed, we are still joking

Okonojo Iweala is not responsible for this at all. She is only reporting on the result.

The ratio of Nigeria's recurrent expenditure to total budget (over 70%) is too high and unacceptable.  It is areas like this that have been pumping up the bills.

The other part is to assess that the country is receiving value for the pruned down bill of N500m. Are all the police officers adequately and gainfully engaged?

Nigeria, hmmmmm

Imagine 1billion naira going into pockets of few corrupt officials of the Police force every month and these are the people responsible for arrest and prosecution of other criminals like them. Corruption virus in Nigeria has no chance of cure compare to HIV because any establishment you go you always find it there. Please, the names of the perpetrators should be made public and confiscate their ill gotten assets and send them to long jail unlike Bode George own.

Awesome!!! I believe the system that initiated this move isnt dumb, they'll see it thru- prosecuting the defaulters

Well done Dr. Okonjo Iweala, next stop should be custom services, FIRS, Nigeria Army and hopeful a biometric census.

Accountability is necessary first step to riding the nation of corruption.

Well done Madam. No wonder they are kicking against your nomination. Please try your best and leave a legacy for this nation. Thanks Madam

I want Nairaland to use biometrics on becomerich!

PointB:

Well done Dr. Okonjo Iweala, next stop should be custom services, FIRS, Nigeria Army and hopeful a biometric census.

Accountability is necessary first step to riding the nation of corruption.

That is one thing we need done like yesterday, regardless of the cost. It will put many numbers to disgrace.

Why is she stopping there?
Who are the culprits?
So-so noise.

That was how she shouted 'GOVERNORS ARE STEALING. . .GOVERNORS ARE STEALING'. . .and the governors kept stealing till her azzze was sent packing. She has come again? Why she dey fear? Abi she nor sabi road to IG office? Ye-Ye woman!

66%? Wow. So Nigeria was paying more than double what she decided her police force was worth.
Why isn't there some sort of investigation on where this money was going? Or is this too to be swept under the rug?

Beaf:

Maybe we need a biometric exercise in each Nigerian household. Nigerians are too corrupt, it is not just the police.

Exactly. It is a scheme, a system involving many. Now I'm sure the thinking here will be that probably five to ten people are involved in this. Dig deeper and you may probably uncover five hundred to a thousand and when you look across the civil service in all cases of institutionalised graft you will be talking of proportions tens to hundreds of thousands. Let's not even talk of the private sector. Corruption is as pervasive as a to become sub-cultural.

Now will you shut down the police because of N 1 billion and to what oath do we swear in new recruits. The answer is simple. Government may save a billion here and there from time to time but until collectively as a society we decide to let go, nothing will ultimately change. Good job Madam Iweala but

Nigerian police is the purveyor of corruption in Nigeria. The whole police need cleansing to give the nation a new image.

I suppose no one has considered that the bill for the biometric exercise may be more than all the money being saved, I won't be surprised.

Tafa Balogun wil no about it