₦airaland Forum

ABUJA— The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, said yesterday that the Federal
Government had uncovered 37,395 ghost workers on
the payroll of the Federal Civil Service, which led to
a loss of about N1 billion.

EFCC’s acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, made the
disclosure during an anti-corruption sensitisation
programme organised for staff of works and housing
sectors.
Magu said apart from the widespread procurement
frauds in Ministries, Departments and Agencies,
MDAs, the issue of ghost workers was a source of
serious concern to the commission.

He said: “EFCC has uncovered 37,395 ghost workers
in the Federal Civil Service and investigation is still
going on. Our investigations have so far revealed
that the Federal Government has lost close to N1
billion to these ghost workers.

“The figure will definitely increase as we unravel
more ghost workers buried deep in Federal Civil
Service payrolls.”
He also explained that the commission had
established a Procurement Fraud Unit to handle the
increasing number of petitions relating to violations
of the Public Procurement Laws.

He, therefore, advised civil servants to avoid any act
that was in breach of public procurement
procedures, warning that violators risked
imprisonment and dismissal from service.

Also speaking, the Permanent Secretary (Works and
Housing), Abubakar Magaji, said as drivers of
government policies, MDAs should be in the forefront
of compliance with public service laws and
regulations.

He said the works and housing sectors had resolved
to regularly organise interactive sessions to re-
orientate officers on the importance of compliance
with extant laws, regulations and guidelines.


Source: www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/fg-loses-n1bn-37395-ghost-workers-efcc/

Space booked in case this makes FP

I'm tired of all these ghost stories...

Dear present government we are tired

I won't say Magu is playing to the gallery, because he's my favorite EFCC czar, but for the figures, I don't believe it.

I won't say Magu is playing to the gallery, because he's my favorite EFCC czar, but for the figures :-XI won't say Magu is playing to the gallery, because he's my favorite EFCC czar, but for the figures*****

...Please Blame PDP!

copy nd paste should be made readable nah.

SamuelAnyawu:
I'm tired of all these ghost stories...

Dear present government we are tired

How can you say you support the anticoruption crusade, and now say you are tired when the war isn't won..

Anyways, it's expected from Pdp members seeing the "tired" and "lazy" way they ran this country for the last 16 yrs

SamuelAnyawu:
I'm tired of all these ghost stories...

Dear present government we are tired

u are tired because u are one of d ghost

Kudos to the finance people who are helping Nigeria save billions by uncovering the ghost workers.

Earlier this year, another batch of 23000 ghost workers was uncovered.

APC government is a failed government. I don tire 4 dis front and back movement.

God punish APC and it's members.

Good riddance.

23,000 of old plus another 11,000 plus this 37,000, that's a ghost workforce in a virtual economy that produces next to nothing.

Pavarottii:
APC government is a failed government. I don tire 4 dis front and back movement.

God punish APC and it's members.

Good riddance.

Good riddance to what? PDP?
So you want Buhari to be paying ghost workforce and expect tangible change like the drunken economic watchman abi.

When will this country be great again??

Dudeweedlmao:
When will this country be great again??

Soon brother, soon...
Just hang in there.

Believe what u like. I do a govt parastatal where 30 people were hurridly injected into their payroll immediately buhari took over. A friend is one of d benefiaries. No app, no interveiw.

IamPatriotic:
I won't say Magu is playing to the gallery, because he's my favorite EFCC czar, but for the figures, I don't believe it.