Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy
has yesterday revealed that the federal
government has blocked a N208.7 billion
ghost workers scam in
ghost workers scam in
government the
workforce and agencies after a biometric collection exercise carried out to get
a proper data of federal civil servants revealed that 62,893 of the workers who
were hitherto on the payroll of the federal government were ghost workers.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, the Minister said when the biometric
exercise was introduced, most of the civil servants did not show up, an
indication that they were ghost workers and after their disengagement, the
federal government has been able to save about N208.7 billion usually expended
as salaries and benefits on these ghost workers
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